Cadenas Family Crest & Name History

In old registers, Cadenas often stands in for Cadena. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Chain”.

A variant of Cadena

The extra “s” in Cadenas is a spelling habit rather than a different name.

Surname statistics

French birth records list 127 children named Cadenas between 1891 and 2000. About 1,870 people in the United States were recorded as Cadenas in 2010, placing it 15,625 on the national list. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 94% of the total.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Cadena surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

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