# Chaban (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chaban/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 407 |
| US rank (2010) | 51,176 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 758,589 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (353 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Polish, Russian Чаба́н (Čabán) or Ukrainian Чабан (Čaban). Also possibly from French Chaban and Spanish Chabán.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chaban in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Chapin, Chaffin, Caban, Chauvin, Chafin, Cabana, Cavan, Coffin, Capone, Cobian, Cavin, Capuano.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.