Cabana History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The Cabana surname is derived from the Old French word "cabane," which meant 'hut'. The name was probably first born by someone who lived in a rough or temporary dwelling. There are a number of places in France named for this word.

Early Origins of the Cabana family

The surname Cabana was first found in Languedoc.

Early History of the Cabana family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cabana research. The years 1651, 1695, 1757, 1766, 1803, 1823, 1831, 1839, 1857, 1860 and 1882 are included under the topic Early Cabana History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cabana Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cabane, Cabanes, Cabanne, Cabanès, Cabannais, Cabannié, Cabagnol, Cabanel, Cabanon, Cabanot, Caban, Cabanis and many more.

Early Notables of the Cabana family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Jean-Bathazard Cabanes, who was bishop of Vence in 1651; Claude de Cabanet was bishop in 1695; Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis was a man of letters in Cosnac in 1757; Bernard Cabanon was a politician in 1766; Emile Cabanon, often referred to as a romantic writer, has ironically only written one work: A Novel for Cooks, a rare and well-researched book which seems to reflect the author's own life. Prominent during the nineteenth century was Felix-André Caban, an architect born in Seine in...
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Cabana Ranking

In the United States, the name Cabana is the 13,839^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Cabana is ranked the 874^th most popular surname. 2

Cabana migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cabana Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Martin Cabana, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1802 3

Cabana migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cabana Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Edmond Cabana, a carpenter in Montreal in 1891

Contemporary Notables of the name Cabana (post 1700) +

Colonel, USMC, RET. Robert Donald Cabana (b. 1949), Kennedy Space Center Director and former NASA astronaut with over 37 days in space
Robert K. Cabana, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972 4
Oliver Cabana Jr. (b. 1865), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916, 1920, 1932; Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1920 4
Aldée Cabana, Canadian chemist and Rector of the University of Sherbrooke, in Quebec, from 1985 to 1993
Alexis-Hilaire Cabana, Canadian lawyer in Joliette, Quebec, who practiced from 1879 to 1916

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html