Buban Family History
Buban Name Meaning
Americanized form of Croatian and Serbian Bubanj: metonymic occupational name for a drummer from bubanj ‘drum’. Croatian and Serbian: from a pet form of various personal names beginning with Bu- such as Budimir (see Buda ) or containing -ub-. This surname is very rare in Serbia. Slovak (also Bubán): cognate of Bubák (see Bubak ). Filipino: unexplained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022