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The surname Chaban

A Polish surname, carried by 407 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C150

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chaban is more common than 68.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

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

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 407 people named Chaban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 758,589 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 353.

#51,176
rank among US surnames
407
people in 2010
0.1
per 100,000 Americans
+15.3%
change since 2000 (was #54,643)

Who is named Chaban

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

91% of people named Chaban identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chaban

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

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chaban come from?
Borrowed from Polish, Russian Чаба́н (Čabán) or Ukrainian Чабан (Čaban). Also possibly from French Chaban and Spanish Chabán.
How common is the surname Chaban?
407 people in the United States had the surname Chaban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 758,589 Americans. It ranked 51,176th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chaban?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Chaban identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Chaban getting more or less common?
More common. 353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 407 in 2010, up 15%.