Durbin /ˈdɜːrbᵻn/ is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname, according to the 1990 U.S. Census. The surname Durbin is of French origin from a place called D'urban or D'urbin in Languedoc. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Somerset (36.9 times the British average), followed by Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Brecknockshire, Glamorgan, Cambridgeshire, Wiltshire and Warwickshire.
Allison Durbin (born 1950), New Zealand-born Australian former pop singerChad Durbin (born 1977), Major League Baseball pitcherDeanna Durbin (1921–2013), Canadian singer and actressDick Durbin (born 1944), the Majority Whip for the 113th United States SenateElisha John DurbinEvan Durbin (1906–1948), British economist and left-wing politicianFrank Durbin (1895–1999), one of the last surviving American veterans of the First World WarFrederic S. DurbinJ. D. DurbinJames Durbin (1923–2012), British statistician and econometricianJohn DurbinKid Durbin, Major League Baseball playerMike DurbinRichard M. Durbin (born 1960), computational biologistWilliam DurbinWinfield T. Durbin