Heraldry and the Cavalcanti Surname

Cavalcanti and Cavalcante are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “From Cavalcanti of Florence”, the same as for Cavalcante.

• Spelled with “i” instead of “e”, Cavalcanti shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Cavalcanti surname had 385 bearers. Spain's INE counts 141 residents with Cavalcanti as first surname and 150 with it as second. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Cavalcanti family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Cavalcanti report, with a museum-style coat of arms.