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    The surname Caban

    A surname, carried by 5,974 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C150

    Caban: #5,791 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caban #5,791, 5,974 people Caban: #5,791 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caban #5,791, 5,974 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caban is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,974 people named Caban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,682 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,868.

    #5,791
    rank among US surnames
    5,974
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,434)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,787Beaman5,98051,630
    #5,788Hossain5,97851,647
    #5,790Hubbell5,97751,656
    #5,791Izquierdo5,97451,682

    Who is named Caban

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    82% of people named Caban identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caban

    Caban has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caban?
    5,974 people in the United States had the surname Caban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,682 Americans. It ranked 5,791st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caban?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Caban identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Caban getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,974 in 2010, up 23%.