Gabban

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡəˈbæn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gabban is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 19M
  • INIndia≈1 in 120M

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.

India (inferred from the name graph)

≈11 people, est.

Sources
4 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.2M (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gabban 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 Gabban is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India≈11 est.≈1 in 120M3Gabban4
CH Switzerland71 in 1.2M7——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——

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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gabban is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel

    Also written Ǧabbān

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ǧabbān, Gabbân

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Gábban, Gabbân

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gabban is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In ang, to scoff, mock, jest

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Gabban,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Gabban
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20247#79,838
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#282,211
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#329,139

Reference works 1

  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

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

How do you pronounce Gabban?
A machine transcription gives /ɡəˈbæn/ (IPA) for Arabic.
In which country does Gabban have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 people named Gabban in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gabban.
Where is Gabban most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gabban is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.2 million people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gabban?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 7 people named Gabban in 2024, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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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, “Gabban”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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