Sabin
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname; in Polish context from a settlement name, though Italian or French origin is also possible
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/seɪbɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sabin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 55K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 61K
- DMDominica1 in 2.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 333 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
5,496 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Dominica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sabín in ES Spain.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname; in Polish context from a settlement name, though Italian or French origin is also possible.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sabin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 5,496 | 1 in 61K | 5.5K | Sabin | 333 |
| FR France | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 47K | 239 | — | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Sabin | 123 |
| ES Spain | 716 | 1 in 70K | 716 | Sabín | 23 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Sabin | 19 |
| HU Hungary | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Sabin | 7 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Sabin | 24 |
| DM Dominica | 30 | 1 in 2.5K | 30 | — | 2 |
5,496 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sabin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from ON Sabin, Pomerania; cf. Prussian ON Sabien
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In French, Du latin Sabinus, « Sabin », nom ethnique des Sabins.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin Sabinus, « Sabin, du peuple des Sabins ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Du latin Sabinus, « de la famille des Sabinus ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Nom romain d’origine ethnique, des Sabins; saint Sabin.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alvah Sabinb. 1793USAmerican politician (1793-1885)
- Dwight May Sabinb. 1843USAmerican politician (1843-1902)
- Louis Sabinb. 1851DEGerman politician and entrepreneur (1851-1914)
- Florence Rena Sabinb. 1871USAmerican medical scientist (1871–1953)
- Pauline Sabinb. 1887USAmerican activist (1887–1955)
- Alfred Sabinb. 1905GBFootballer (1905-1982)
- Albert Bruce Sabinb. 1906USJewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993)
- Wayne Sabinb. 1915USUS tennis player
- Eric Sabinb. 1974FRfootballer
- Cédric Sabinb. 1979FRfootballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 74 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 963 | #11,498 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 362 | #2,662 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 343 | #5,963 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 148 | #11,498 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1925 | 70 | #556 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 6 | — |
Reference works 8
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sabin mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname; in Polish context from a settlement name, though Italian or French origin is also possible. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Sabin?
- A machine transcription gives /seɪbɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Sabin have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 5.5 thousand people named Sabin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sabin.
- Where is Sabin most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sabin is densest in Dominica — about 1 in 2.5 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Sabin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,496 people named Sabin in 2010, about 1 in 61 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sabinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sabin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.