Malabanan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Malabanan.

Proper noun

Malabanan (plural Malabanans)

1. A surname from Tagalog.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Malabanan is the 40976^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Malabanan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (86.65%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Malabanan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 496.

Tagalog

Etymology

From malabanan. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /malaˈbanan/ [mɐ.lɐˈbaː.n̪ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: Ma‧la‧ba‧nan

Proper noun

Malabanan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜊᜈᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Tagalog, common in Batangas
2. A barangay of Balete, Batangas, Philippines