Last name origin & meaning: Southern French and Catalan (Cabañ, Caban): possibly from
Occitan caban, gaban ‘coat wth large sleeves’, applied
as an occupational nickname for a Provençal farmer, or perhaps a
topographic name, from a masculine form of cabana,
cabanya ‘cabin’, ‘hut’ (Late Latin capanna). The form
Cabañ would be the Castilianized form of
Cabany.
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