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Laban Name Meaning

English (Derbyshire and Staffordshire): apparently a variant of Laybourn with loss of -r-. French (mainly Gascogne): perhaps from the Biblical personal name Laban borne by the father of Rachel and Leah. Dutch (Zealand): of Scottish origin from Loban (see Lobban ). North German: variant of Labahn . Serbian: nickname derived from the Romance root alb- ‘white’ or from obsolete Serbian labati ‘to swill to swig’. Alternatively perhaps from the Biblical personal name Laban (see 2 above). Hungarian: probably a variant of Labanc an unflattering nickname for a pro-Austrian soldier who fought against the Hungarians in the independence wars in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. This nickname derived from the Hungarian lobonc ‘unkempt hair’ referring the long hair of the Habsburg soldiers. Later the name became a vocabulary word denoting a foot soldier or a rough strong man. See also Kurucz .7: In some cases probably also an Americanized form of Slovenian Leban or of its probable cognate Leben .

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Lapan, Caban, Labahn, Laman, Baba, Sagan, Saban, Labar, Labs, Mahan

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You can see how Laban families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Laban family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Laban families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 8 Laban families living in New Brunswick. This was about 22% of all the recorded Laban's in Canada. New Brunswick and 1 other province had the highest population of Laban families in 1911.

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Between 1963 and 2004, in the United States, Laban life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1987, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Laban in 1963 was 68, and 91 in 2004.

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