Coban Surname
Approximately 4,590 people bear this surname
Coban Surname User-submission:
Coban is a Turkish surname, meaning 'shepherd'; denoting someone who takes care of sheep.
Coban Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 989 | 1:81,401 | 10,274 |
| France | 594 | 1:111,823 | 16,730 |
| Moldova | 497 | 1:7,166 | 1,154 |
| United States | 279 | 1:1,299,136 | 91,043 |
| Belgium | 226 | 1:50,870 | 8,310 |
| Honduras | 214 | 1:41,198 | 1,155 |
| Austria | 211 | 1:40,358 | 6,482 |
| Netherlands | 211 | 1:80,034 | 13,457 |
| Nicaragua | 210 | 1:28,672 | 1,120 |
| England | 181 | 1:307,835 | 23,246 |
| Denmark | 167 | 1:33,801 | 3,490 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Croatia | 113 | 1:37,421 | 7,568 |
| Romania | 106 | 1:189,414 | 19,163 |
| Switzerland | 89 | 1:92,280 | 10,121 |
| Sweden | 84 | 1:117,223 | 8,378 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Guatemala | 8 | 1:2,010,334 | 6,458 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Northern Cyprus | 6 | 1:53,168 | 8,711 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Grenada | 3 | 1:36,178 | 1,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
The alternate forms: Çoban (141,507), Čoban (204) & Cobán (4) are calculated separately.
Coban (57) may also be a first name.
Coban Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Coban is a Turkish surname, meaning 'shepherd'; denoting someone who takes care of sheep.
- deleted-173293Coban Demographics
Average Coban Salary in
United States
$39,212 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Coban Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coban Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Coban is most common in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Çoban, Čoban or Cobán. For other possible spellings of Coban click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coban? popularity and diffusion
It is the 102,593rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,587,701 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Coban reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 34 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Coban is also the 1,308,380th most widely held first name globally, borne by 57 people.
The last name Coban is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 989 people, or 1 in 81,401. In Germany Coban is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent reside and Bavaria, where 13 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname exists in 70 countries. It is also common in France, where 13 percent reside and Moldova, where 11 percent reside.
Coban Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Coban has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Coban last name increased 1,073 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 9,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coban Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Coban surname are 0.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.94% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Coban earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.64% less than the national average, earning 330,026 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.12% less than the national average, earning $39,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.45% less than the national average, earning $41,511 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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