Alban Forename
Approximately 63,316 people bear this name
Alban Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Albanus ‘of Alba’. The name of the first British martyr has never been a favourite, but it occurs in the 13th C and survived the Reformation, e.g. Alban Hill d. 1595. It was revived in the 19th C by the Tractarians, along with other names of pre-Augustinian saints, e.
Read More About This ForenameAlban Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | - | 20,752 | 1:218 | 61 |
| France | 100% | 7,856 | 1:8,461 | 594 |
| Albania | 100% | 5,079 | 1:600 | 69 |
| Kosovo | - | 4,090 | 1:455 | 59 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 3,930 | 1:6,013 | 1,171 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,486 | 1:758 | 153 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,799 | 1:53,740 | 1,498 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,472 | 1:3,403 | 552 |
| United States | 100% | 1,306 | 1:277,593 | 8,892 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,226 | 1:8,626 | 1,236 |
| Canada | 100% | 926 | 1:35,781 | 2,679 |
| India | 100% | 768 | 1:1,581,872 | 89,214 |
| England | 100% | 658 | 1:84,503 | 3,357 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 629 | 1:7,580 | 795 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 562 | 1:93,929 | 5,392 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 551 | 1:27,992 | 2,856 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 529 | 1:40,852 | 2,838 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 502 | 1:45,968 | 3,477 |
| Greece | 100% | 467 | 1:23,414 | 1,094 |
| Colombia | 100% | 430 | 1:111,114 | 3,457 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 421 | 1:421,768 | 14,007 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 396 | 1:20,741 | 1,436 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Belgium | 100% | 341 | 1:33,695 | 2,013 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 293 | 1:27,824 | 2,763 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Morocco | - | 273 | 1:125,819 | 3,873 |
| South Africa | 99% | 267 | 1:204,242 | 13,079 |
| Uganda | 99% | 255 | 1:160,615 | 6,070 |
| Chad | 100% | 247 | 1:55,054 | 5,059 |
| Philippines | 99% | 236 | 1:449,193 | 15,507 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 230 | 1:132,391 | 8,631 |
| Sweden | 100% | 201 | 1:49,044 | 2,601 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 196 | 1:2,964 | 440 |
| Italy | 100% | 151 | 1:404,385 | 4,604 |
| Austria | 100% | 144 | 1:59,126 | 1,640 |
| Indonesia | - | 133 | 1:1,939,576 | 100,489 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 97% | 123 | 1:48,563 | 4,435 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 114 | 1:161,223 | 7,680 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 94 | 1:1,187 | 200 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Brazil | 100% | 88 | 1:2,434,502 | 48,175 |
| Egypt | 100% | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 83 | 1:86,169 | 7,238 |
| French Polynesia | - | 81 | 1:3,431 | 664 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 81 | 1:2,195 | 407 |
| Grenada | 98% | 80 | 1:1,352 | 278 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 77 | 1:392,232 | 11,391 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 66 | 1:20,628 | 2,420 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 61 | 1:40,308 | 1,853 |
| Thailand | 96% | 60 | 1:1,167,764 | 40,051 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 59 | 1:286,476 | 9,153 |
| Zambia | - | 59 | 1:268,725 | 8,231 |
| Australia | - | 57 | 1:239,607 | 5,453 |
| Mexico | 98% | 56 | 1:2,216,865 | 12,597 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 52 | 1:5,195 | 708 |
| Norway | 100% | 45 | 1:114,052 | 3,524 |
| Russia | 100% | 42 | 1:3,434,136 | 19,138 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Spain | 100% | 38 | 1:1,224,473 | 9,456 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 36 | 1:492,968 | 7,277 |
| Japan | - | 35 | 1:3,656,744 | 24,749 |
| Wales | 100% | 35 | 1:88,409 | 2,318 |
| Peru | 95% | 30 | 1:1,059,715 | 13,852 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Barbados | - | 27 | 1:10,733 | 1,111 |
| Panama | 100% | 27 | 1:144,687 | 6,280 |
| Ireland | 100% | 21 | 1:221,120 | 3,947 |
| New Zealand | - | 20 | 1:226,802 | 7,241 |
| Honduras | 100% | 19 | 1:464,077 | 7,312 |
| Kenya | 100% | 18 | 1:2,572,617 | 21,139 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Finland | 86% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 16 | 1:35,253 | 1,637 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 16 | 1:130,672 | 5,372 |
| Scotland | 100% | 16 | 1:334,398 | 4,869 |
| Senegal | 88% | 15 | 1:972,090 | 9,181 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| China | - | 14 | 1:97,575,413 | 64,568 |
| Singapore | - | 14 | 1:449,075 | 10,858 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Guyana | 100% | 11 | 1:69,387 | 5,899 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Chile | 100% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Hong Kong | - | 9 | 1:861,414 | 5,456 |
| Jamaica | - | 9 | 1:320,359 | 9,892 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 7 | 1:5,408 | 486 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Israel | 80% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Albán (11) are calculated separately.
Alban (35,149) may also be a surname.
Alban Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Albanus ‘of Alba’. The name of the first British martyr has never been a favourite, but it occurs in the 13th C and survived the Reformation, e.g. Alban Hill d. 1595. It was revived in the 19th C by the Tractarians, along with other names of pre-Augustinian saints, e.g. Aidan. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives examples of a name Albany in the 17th C, which he regards as the same as Alban, but it was probably the surname Albini used as a christian name. There was also a 4th-C French saint named Albinus, and the name Albin, still in use in Germany, was not uncommon in the 13th C and gave rise to several surnames.
Albanus Curia Regis Rolls 1201.
As an English Christian name, Alban comes from St. Alban, that Roman soldier who, the first British martyr, suffered—probably in 303 A. D.—martyrdom at Verulam, ‘a town which received the name of St. Albans after the erection there of the famous Abbey of that name, the work of King Offa of Mercia in the eighth century’ (Benedictines). From Latin albus, white, whence also the Alps, the Elbe, ana Albion (Yonge). Becoming rare.
Latin (masculine) - Fair.
A Latin name, meaning: Dawn of day.
Alban Forename Popularity
Alban Demographics
Average Alban Salary in
United States
$46,797 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Phonetically Similar Names
Alban Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alban in the Russian language | ||
| Албан | alban | - |
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