Shabán

surname · Latin script

Shabán is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country, where it is the 75th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish شعبان (Şaban), from Arabic شَعَب (šaʕab, “Sha'aban”).

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 2.2K
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 4.2K

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.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈47,000 people, est.

Sources
171 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Shaban in EG Egypt, US United States, SY Syria and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Shabán: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Shabán
  1. Ottoman TurkishشعبانŞaban(measured from records)
  2. Arabicشَعَبšaʕab“Sha'aban”(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish شعبان (Şaban), from Arabic شَعَب (šaʕab, “Sha'aban”).

Sources 3

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shabán 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.

Where Shabán is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt#75≈47,000 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Shaban112
TZ Tanzania#90≈46,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K4Shaban37
PK Pakistan#915≈13,000 est.≈1 in 18KlistedShaban53
UG Uganda#489≈7,900 est.≈1 in 5.5K1Shaban21
SY Syria#233≈4,500 est.≈1 in 4.4K—Shaban26
BG Bulgaria#646≈1,700 est.≈1 in 4.2K—Shaban48
US United States—7251 in 459K1.2KShaban171

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Shabán under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Shabán mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish شعبان (Şaban), from Arabic شَعَب (šaʕab, “Sha'aban”). Recorded by Wiktionary and A Dictionary of Muslim Names and 1 other source.
In which country does Shabán have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 47 thousand people named Shabán in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shaban.
How common is the name Shabán?
In the United States, the national register counted 725 people named Shabán in 2010, about 1 in 459 thousand residents.
How common is Shabán compared with other names?
In Egypt, Shabán is the 75th most common surname of 306,210 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Shabán” — the 75th most common surname in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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