Kilbane
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Bhain ‘son of the fair-haired lad’ (cf
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Kilbane is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- IEIreland
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Bhain ‘son of the fair-haired lad’ (cf. Bain). OHG personal name Gisilo, a short form of any of the various cpd names with the first element gisil hostage (cf., e.g., Gilbert). Vars.: Kiesling, Kies(s)lich, K(i)eserling. Kigel see Kugel Kightley see Keighley Kihiberg see Keil Kiehne see Konrad Kilberg see Keil
Cited for this meaning 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Kilbane is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
reduced from Mac Giolla Bháin ‘son of the fair-haired lad’, also anglicized as McIlwaine or ‘translated’ as White .
as a nameThe Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhain ‘son of the fairhaired lad’ (see Bain).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)- Johnny Kilbaneb. 1889USAmerican boxer (1889–1957)
- Sally Conway Kilbaneb. 1942USAmerican politician
- Pat Kilbaneb. 1969USAmerican actor
- James Kilbaneb. 1970IEIrish singer, songwriter and music producer
- Kevin Kilbaneb. 1977GBIrish association football player
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)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,747 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 996 | #23,721 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 990 | #26,016 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Where does the name Kilbane come from?
- Bhain ‘son of the fair-haired lad’ (cf. Bain). OHG personal name Gisilo, a short form of any of the various cpd names with the first element gisil hostage (cf., e.g., Gilbert). Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- What does the name Kilbane mean?
- Recorded meaning: Bhain ‘son of the fair-haired lad’ (cf.
- In which country does Kilbane have the most bearers?
- Kilbane is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kilbane”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.