Frequency: (716)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern French and Catalan (Cabañ, Caban): possibly from Occitan caban, gaban ‘coat wth large sleeves’, applied as an occupational nickname for a Provençal farmer, or perhaps a topographic name, from a masculine form of cabana, cabanya ‘cabin’, ‘hut’ (Late Latin capanna). The form Cabañ would be the Castilianized form of Cabany.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 38%. Jose (18), Luis (10), Angel (6), Rafael (6), Carlos (5), Juan (5), Luz (5), Miguel (5), Julio (4), Juana (3), Manuel (3), Marisol (3).
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