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Regulatory Matters (Actual and Required Capital Ratios) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Cullen/Frost [Member] |  |
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items] |  |
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Capital Amount | $ 2,325,818 us-gaap_Capital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | $ 2,110,774 us-gaap_Capital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Ratio | 14.55%us-gaap_CapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 15.52%us-gaap_CapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Capital Amount | 1,278,797 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 1,088,349 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio | 8.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 8.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Capital Amount | 1,598,496 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 1,360,437 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Ratio | 10.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 10.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Capital Amount | 2,186,276 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 1,958,336 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Ratio | 13.68%us-gaap_ExcessTierOneRiskBasedCapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 14.39%us-gaap_ExcessTierOneRiskBasedCapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Capital Amount | 639,398 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 544,175 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Capital Amount | 959,098 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 816,262 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Ratio | 6.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 6.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Leverage Ratio, Actual, Capital Amount | 2,186,276 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 1,958,336 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Leverage Ratio, Actual, Ratio | 8.16%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 8.49%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Leverage Ratio, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Capital Amount | 1,072,035 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 922,728 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Leverage Ratio, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Leverage Ratio, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Capital Amount | 1,340,043 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 1,153,410 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Leverage Ratio, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Ratio | 5.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember | 5.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_CullenFrostMember
Frost Bank [Member] |  |
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items] |  |
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Capital Amount | 2,071,012 us-gaap_Capital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 1,780,313 us-gaap_Capital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Ratio | 12.99%us-gaap_CapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 13.12%us-gaap_CapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Capital Amount | 1,275,858 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 1,085,447 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio | 8.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 8.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Capital Amount | 1,594,823 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 1,356,809 us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Ratio | 10.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 10.00%us-gaap_CapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Capital Amount | 1,979,415 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 1,707,307 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Actual, Ratio | 12.41%us-gaap_ExcessTierOneRiskBasedCapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 12.58%us-gaap_ExcessTierOneRiskBasedCapitalToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Capital Amount | 637,929 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 542,724 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Capital Amount | 956,894 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 814,085 us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Ratio | 6.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 6.00%us-gaap_TierOneRiskBasedCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToRiskWeightedAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Leverage Ratio, Actual, Capital Amount | 1,979,415 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 1,707,307 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Leverage Ratio, Actual, Ratio | 7.40%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 7.42%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Leverage Ratio, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Capital Amount | 1,070,109 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 920,107 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacy / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Leverage Ratio, Minimum Required for Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 4.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredForCapitalAdequacyToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Leverage Ratio, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Capital Amount | $ 1,337,636 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | $ 1,150,134 us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalized / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember
Leverage Ratio, Required to be Considered Well Capitalized, Ratio | 5.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember | 5.00%us-gaap_TierOneLeverageCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedToAverageAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cfr_FrostBankMember

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- Definition The amount of Total Capital required to be categorized as well as capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7881181&loc=SL5958568-112826 + Details
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- Definition The amount of excess Tier 1 Risk Based Capital (which consists of the types of financial capital considered the most reliable and liquid, primarily Shareholders' equity. Examples of Tier 1 capital are common stock or unit, preferred stock or unit that is irredeemable and noncumulative, and retained earnings) divided by risk-weighted assets which are assets that are weighted for credit risk according to a formula used by the Reserve Bank. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7881181&loc=SL5958568-112826 + Details
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- Definition Tier 1 Leverage Capital as defined in the regulations. Also called Core Capital. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1H -Subparagraph (c)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7881181&loc=d3e65071-112826 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7881181&loc=SL5958568-112826 + Details
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