ASSABAN Origin of surname
SABBAN, SEBBAN, SABANE, ASSABAN, SEBAN
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
Sabban is a Jewish family name from North Africa. In Arabic it means "seller or maker of soap" ("savon/sabon"). The name was probably known in Spain already in the 14th century, but the earliest record is from the 16th century, when it was the name of a rabbinical dynasty in Meknes, Morocco. In the 19th century Sabban is recorded as a Jewish family name in a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated April 19, 1867, of Jacob, son of Elie Sabban, and his wife Simha, daughter of Menahem Fiorentino. In the 20th century, the name is recorded in Marrakesh, Morocco and surroundings. Other related family names include Absabban (the prefix "Ab-" means "father of"), Xabonero ("soap-boiler)", Caban. The name (and variants) is also recorded as a Jewish family name in the following examples: Jacob Caban, (son of Don Abraham of Alcocer and his wife Donna Fermosa), a property trader from Madrid, Spain, is mentioned in documents dated February 2 and 6, 1380; Yucef Xabonero, a tailor from Toledo, Spain, is mentioned in a document of the Spanish Inquisition dated 1486; in the 17th century Mordekhay Assaban was a rabbi in Fez, Morocco; Shlomoh Absabban was a rabbi in Aleppo, Syria, also in the 17th century; in the 18th century David Assabban was a rabbi in Tiberias, Eretz Israel ; Emile Sebban was director of the Hebrew Seminar for teachers in Casablanca, Morocco, during the 1950s and the 1960s.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
Sabban is a Jewish family name from North Africa. In Arabic it means "seller or maker of soap" ("savon/sabon"). The name was probably known in Spain already in the 14th century, but the earliest record is from the 16th century, when it was the name of a rabbinical dynasty in Meknes, Morocco. In the 19th century Sabban is recorded as a Jewish family name in a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated April 19, 1867, of Jacob, son of Elie Sabban, and his wife Simha, daughter of Menahem Fiorentino. In the 20th century, the name is recorded in Marrakesh, Morocco and surroundings. Other related family names include Absabban (the prefix "Ab-" means "father of"), Xabonero ("soap-boiler)", Caban. The name (and variants) is also recorded as a Jewish family name in the following examples: Jacob Caban, (son of Don Abraham of Alcocer and his wife Donna Fermosa), a property trader from Madrid, Spain, is mentioned in documents dated February 2 and 6, 1380; Yucef Xabonero, a tailor from Toledo, Spain, is mentioned in a document of the Spanish Inquisition dated 1486; in the 17th century Mordekhay Assaban was a rabbi in Fez, Morocco; Shlomoh Absabban was a rabbi in Aleppo, Syria, also in the 17th century; in the 18th century David Assabban was a rabbi in Tiberias, Eretz Israel ; Emile Sebban was director of the Hebrew Seminar for teachers in Casablanca, Morocco, during the 1950s and the 1960s.