American Family Name Origins:
Cabanas
Frequency: (202)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish (Cabañas) and Portuguese: habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña or Portuguese cabanha ‘hut’, ‘cabin’ (see Cabana).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 46%. Eduardo (6), Manuel (6), Justo (4), Jose (3), Luis (3), Carlos (2), Humberto (2), Jorge (2), Lazaro (2), Rafael (2), Ramon (2), Adolfo; Antonio (2), Dante, Heriberto, Marco.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
