The Caban surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,974 people carried this name — #5,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,300 people counted. That is up 23% from 4,868 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
3,577 people named Caban have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,863 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 128 people named Caban live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Caban.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Caban in American newspapers,
1860–1891.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Caban,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isaac Zabanius 1632–1707 · writer
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Ondrej Caban 1813–1860 · writer
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Matej Caban 1895–1975 · sculptor
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Ewa Caban 1901– · architect
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Juraj Caban 1913– · lyricist
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Ernest Caban 1924–2000 · skier
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Caban.
- Buzon 223 · U.S. census
- Buzzi 317 · U.S. census
- By 225 · U.S. census
- Byl 443 · U.S. census
- Cabal 752 · U.S. census
- Caballero 28,903 · U.S. census
- Cabana 1,980 · U.S. census
- Cabanas 2,528 · U.S. census
- Cabarrus 129 · U.S. census
- Cabe 2,538 · U.S. census
- Cabel 263 · U.S. census
- Cabello 5,358 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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