The surname Lobban
A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 668 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L150
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Scottish habitational surname, probably from Scottish Gaelic làban (“muddy place”).
Lobban is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 668 people named Lobban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 462,194 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 552.
Who is named Lobban
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
55% of people named Lobban identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Black (not Hispanic) 55%
- White (not Hispanic) 39%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Lobban has the Soundex code L150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L150.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Lobban come from?
- Scottish habitational surname, probably from Scottish Gaelic làban (“muddy place”).
- How common is the surname Lobban?
- 668 people in the United States had the surname Lobban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 462,194 Americans. It ranked 34,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lobban?
- In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Lobban identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Lobban?
- Lobban is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Lobban getting more or less common?
- More common. 552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 668 in 2010, up 21%.