Find out how popular the last name Caban is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Caban.

Caban, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Caban surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Caban in America

Caban is the 5791st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Caban surname appeared 5,974 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Caban.

We can also compare 2010 data for Caban to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Caban

The surname Caban has its origins in the Gaelic language, tracing back to the ancient Celtic people of Ireland and Scotland. It is derived from the word "caban," which means "a small, round hut" or "a cottage." The name likely referred to someone who lived in a humble dwelling or was associated with a particular cottage or hamlet.

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as Cabane, Cabin, and Cabyn in medieval Scottish and Irish records. One of the earliest known references to the name can be found in the Ragman Rolls of 1296, which documented Scottish landowners and nobles who swore allegiance to King Edward I of England.

The surname Caban has a long history in Ireland, particularly in the counties of Donegal, Galway, and Mayo. It is believed that the name was introduced to Ireland during the Plantations of the 16th and 17th centuries, when Scottish settlers brought their surnames to the island. Some early bearers of the name include John Caban, who was born in Donegal around 1610, and Michael Caban, a farmer from County Mayo born in 1678.

In Scotland, the name was particularly prevalent in the Highlands and Islands regions. Notable individuals with the surname Caban include Lachlan Caban, a renowned piper from the Isle of Skye who lived in the late 17th century, and Angus Caban, a soldier in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, who fought alongside Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

As the name spread across the British Isles, it also found its way to England and Wales. One notable English bearer of the name was Sir Robert Caban, a merchant and Member of Parliament for Bristol in the mid-17th century. In Wales, the name was sometimes anglicized to Cabin or Cabbin, as seen in the case of Ieuan Cabbin, a farmer from Pembrokeshire who lived in the late 16th century.

Other notable individuals with the surname Caban throughout history include:

1. Seamus Caban (1755-1835), an Irish poet and storyteller from County Donegal.
2. Alastair Caban (1820-1892), a Scottish explorer and naturalist who traveled extensively in Africa and the Pacific.
3. Margaret Caban (1867-1946), a pioneering Scottish suffragette and advocate for women's rights.
4. Patrick Caban (1901-1976), an Irish-American labor organizer and leader of the United Farm Workers union.
5. Siobhan Caban (born 1972), a contemporary Scottish author and playwright known for her works exploring themes of identity and belonging.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Caban

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Caban.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Caban was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Caban has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Caban was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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