Loben

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Plate shows o/ö vowel variation in this surname type

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

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

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands≈1 in 1.4M(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 4.8M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 7.9M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Loben 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈130 named Loeben, est.

Sources
62 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.4M (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Loeben in DE Germany, AU Australia, PL Poland.

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)

Plate shows o/ö vowel variation in this surname type. Bearer count: 109.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Loben 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 Loben is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈130 est.≈1 in 608K—Loeben37
US United States≈42 est.≈1 in 7.9MlistedLoben62
PL Poland≈15 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Loeben1
GB United Kingdom≈14 est.≈1 in 4.8M—Loben18
NL Netherlands≈12 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Loben6
AU Australia≈5 est.≈1 in 5.5M—Loeben6

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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)

Loben is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Löben

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Löben, Lõben

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Löben

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lõben

19 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)

Loben 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, to praise

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German

  • In German, base of names from loben 'to praise'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In Swedish, definite singular of lob

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

  • In Basque, cornado

    as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

  • In Basque, ( A ). "(V, arc), cornado, moneda antigua" A (que cita RS ) . Idiak eta beiak il ezauz ta loben baten biriak indauz . "Mata bueyes y vacas y dadme un cornado de livianos" . RS 429.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Loben
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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 Loben come from?
Plate shows o/ö vowel variation in this surname type. Bearer count: 109. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
What does the name Loben mean?
Recorded meaning: Plate shows o/ö vowel variation in this surname type.
In which country does Loben have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 132 people named Loeben in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Loben?
Mondonomo estimates about 130 people in Germany have Loeben as their first surname, about 1 in 608 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Loben”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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