# Durban (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/durban/  
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 | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 353 |
| US rank (2010) | 57,639 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 874,633 people |
| Change since 2000 | -11.1% (397 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɝ.bən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From D'Urban, from French d'Urbain, from Urbain, from Latin Urbanus, from urbanis, from urbs. * The city in South Africa is named after Benjamin D'Urban.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Durban 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) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |

## Similar surnames

Durbin, Dorfman, Darbonne.

## 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.