Explore the Family Name Cabanas

The meaning of Cabanas

Spanish (also Cabañas) and Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called with the plural of Spanish cabaña or Portuguese cabana ‘hut, cabin’ (see Cabana). Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Eduardo, Manuel, Justo, Jose, Luis, Carlos, Humberto, Jorge, Lazaro, Rafael, Ramon, Adolfo.

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How common is the last name Cabanas in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Cabanas" has seen a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. Its rank improved from 15,984 to 12,296, marking a positive change of 23.07%. Furthermore, the count of individuals with this surname also surged by 51.56% from 1,668 in 2000 to 2,528 by 2010. This increase is reflected in the proportion per 100k people, which rose by 38.71%, from 0.62 to 0.86.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,984	#12,296	23.07%
Count	1,668	2,528	51.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.62	0.86	38.71%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cabanas

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some shifts among those bearing the surname "Cabanas" between 2000 and 2010. The Hispanic population had the largest representation, increasing from 81.95% to 86.16%. Meanwhile, the percentage of Asians/Pacific Islanders with this surname decreased slightly from 6.06% to 5.30%. The proportion of individuals identifying as white also went down from 10.25% to 7.28%. Those identifying with two or more ethnicities dropped from 1.08% to 0.75%. Interestingly, there were no recorded Black or American Indian/Alaskan Natives with this surname in 2000, but by 2010, these groups constituted 0.32% and 0.20% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	81.95%	86.16%	5.14%
White	10.25%	7.28%	-28.98%
Asian/Pacific Islander	6.06%	5.3%	-12.54%
Two or More Races	1.08%	0.75%	-30.56%
Black	0%	0.32%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.2%	0%