American Family Name Origins:
Cabanilla
Frequency: (114)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: topographic name from a diminutive of cabaña, i.e. ‘little hut’ (see Cabana).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 29%. Eduardo (2), Gerardo (2), Angelito, Arcadio, Arturo, Beatriz, Emilio, Enrique, Ernesto, Felipe, Florencio, Francisco; Romeo (2), Gino, Leonardo, Lorenzo.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
