Caban
A surname most likely from a place-name or from the older form Cabal/Cabell, though the evidence here is too thin for certainty.
The #5,791 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 51,682 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The excerpts do not give a direct dictionary entry for Caban itself, but they do show medieval spellings such as Cabal and Cabell in Norman and English records. That makes Caban look like a later spelling variant, or possibly a surname formed from a local-name or personal-name base now obscured by spelling change. The literal root is therefore uncertain, and the name should be treated cautiously rather than as securely explained.
History
The historical citations point to medieval bearers in Normandy and England, suggesting an early Anglo-Norman or Norman-French context for the name family. Over time, spellings of surnames in this group often shifted quite freely, so Caban may reflect a regional or scribal variant rather than a single fixed original form. The modern U.S. presence is likely much later and immigrant-driven.
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Fun fact
A medieval record in the excerpts names a Bartholomew Caban in Berkshire in 1322, showing the name-family in England quite early.
From the historical record
“branch of tbis house came to Eng- land, of wldch was Bartholomew Caban of Berks, living 1322. Cabbell. Galfridus Cabal paid e fine iu Normandy, 1184 ■ (Mag. Rot. ircac); Walter Cabal had estates in Bucks, t. Richard I.”
— The Norman People and their existing descendants in the British dominions and the United States