# Laban (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/laban/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 520 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 593,741 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (529 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈleɪbən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Laban, from Latin Laban, from Koine Greek Λάβαν (Lában), from Biblical Hebrew לָבָן (Lāḇān).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Laban 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) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 20% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.0% |
| Two or more races | 7.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Laban in Hungary.

## People named Laban

- Rudolf Laban, Austrian choreographer (1879-1958)

## Similar surnames

Lobban, Lapan, Lavan, Levine, Levin, Lavin, Luevano, Lubin, Levan, Lavine, Lapham, Lappin.

## 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.