Kleban Family History
Kleban Name Meaning
Ukrainian and Rusyn (from Slovakia and Poland): nickname from kleban a word denoting a kind of fur hat (traditionally worn by older men). Polish: occupational name from kleban an altered form of pleban ‘village rector’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from a place called Kleban in Ukraine. Perhaps also a shortened form of Jewish Klebanoff .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022