Kleban Surname

125,489th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kleban Surname Definition:

(from a place name) From Kleban or Klebanie, a village in the Ukraine.

Kleban Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1,2951:35,1535,113
Poland9051:41,9996,584
United States6321:573,51147,017
Russia3091:466,41843,668
Iraq1151:304,5366,054
Belarus1091:87,16613,689
Slovakia901:59,29411,428
England361:1,547,72466,012
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Czechia241:443,06148,767
Oman221:167,6353,489
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

The alternate forms: Klebań (4) & Klebán (2) are calculated separately.

Kleban (10) may also be a first name.

Kleban Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) From Kleban or Klebanie, a village in the Ukraine.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Kleban Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kleban Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kleban (Russian: Клебан) is found in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Klebań or Klebán. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kleban? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 125,489th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,009,249 people. The last name Kleban is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Kleban are found; 70 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 42 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Kleban is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 10 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is held by 1,295 people, or 1 in 35,153. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Lviv Oblast, where 43 percent live, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 17 percent live and Vinnytsia Oblast, where 8 percent live. Barring Ukraine it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Kleban Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kleban last name is chiefly Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (70%) in Belarus and Orthodox (43%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Kleban are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kleban earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 18.46% more than the national average, earning $51,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.97% more than the national average, earning $60,596 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kleban Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kleban in the Russian language
Клебанkleban-

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