# Lobban (surname)

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

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 668 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,032 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 462,194 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (552 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, probably from Scottish Gaelic làban (“muddy place”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lobban 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) | 39% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Laban, Lovan, Levine, Levin, Lavin, Luevano, Lubin, Levan, Lavine, Lapham, Lappin, Lovin.

## 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.