American Family Name Origins:
Cabaniss
Frequency: (637)
(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: variant spelling of Cabanis, a habitational name from any of various places in Gard named Cabanis, from Late Latin capannis ‘at the huts’, ablative plural of capanna ‘hut’ (see Caban). This name was established in North American in the 18th century, probably by Huguenots.
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