Cioban (/tʃo'ban/) is a Romanian surname meaning "

shepherd A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. ''Shepherd'' derives from Old English ''sceaphierde (''sceap'' 'sheep' + ''hierde'' 'herder'). ''Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, i ...

". It is derived from the Persian Çoban. Notable people with the surname include: * Denis Cioban (born 1985), Moldovan road bicycle racer *

Mitrofan Cioban Mitrofan Cioban (5 January 1942 – 2 February 2021) was a Moldovan mathematician specializing in topology, a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2000). He was born in Copceac (then in Tighina County, Romania, now in Ștefan Vodă Di ...

(1942–2021), Moldovan mathematician

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