Gabun
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Archaic form of Gabon
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gabun is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 645K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 9.7M
- FRFrance≈1 in 16M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gabun itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 64 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 645K (inferred from the name graph)
≈170 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gabon in CA Canada, CH Switzerland.
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)
Archaic form of Gabon.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gabun 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 645K | — | Gabun | 53 |
| US United States | 104as Gabon | 1 in 3.2M | 138 | Gabun | 64 |
| ES Spain | 23as Gabon | 1 in 2.2M | 23 | — | 2 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 16M | listed | Gabun | 7 |
| FR France | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 16M | 109 | — | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 9.7M | — | Gabon | 8 |
| CH Switzerland | 4as Gabon | 1 in 2.1M | 4 | Gabon | 1 |
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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gabun 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 mdh, cloud
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In yka, cloud, rain cloud; mist (they may be white or dark and bringing rain)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In bkd, cloud; fog; for clouds or fog to cover (something)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In German, Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dbj, smoke
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gabun mean, and where does it come from?
- Archaic form of Gabon. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Gabun have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 169 people named Gabun in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gabun.
- How common is the name Gabun?
- In the United States, the national register counted 104 people named Gabon in 2010, about 1 in 3.2 million residents.
What do you want to know about Gabun?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gabunThe 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, “Gabun”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.