Hazboun (Arabic:حزبون) is the surname of a native Christian family from

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...

, a town in the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

(Palestine). The Hazboun family's legendary history is said to have included ancestors from the royal family in Portugal that migrated to The Holy Land (Bethlehem, Palestine) during one of The

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...

. Although the family name predates paper records, church records indicate that the common documented ancestor of the living family, was born in Ottoman

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in 1610, was called Sulaiman Hazboun. The Hazboun family name originally comes from biblical

Heshbon Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esebus; ar, حشبون, links=no, la, Esebus, links=no, he, חשבון, links=no, grc, Ἐσεβών, Ἐσσεβών, Ἐσβούτα, Ἐσβούς, Ἔσβους, Ἔξβους, links=no) were at leas ...

in central

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

, now Hisban. The Hazboun name has evolved into different spelling variations due to the universal dispersal and relocation of families*: Hazboun, Hazboon, Hazbun, Hazbon, Hasbun, Hasboun, Hasbon, Àsbun, Jasbon, etc. Currently, the family is found throughout the world, especially in all parts of the Americas and some parts of Europe and the Middle East. Th
Hazboun.org
Hazboun.org website links all of these families together. Notable people with the surname include:

Asbun

* Carlos Asbun (born 1926), Bolivian sports shooter. *

Juan Pereda Asbún Juan Pereda Asbún (17 June 1931 – 25 November 2012) was a Bolivian military general who served as the ''de facto'' 52nd president of Bolivia in 1978. Although he ruled for only four months, his ascent to the presidency marked the ...

(1931-2012), politician and former president of Bolivia * Luis Liendo Asbún (born 1978), Chilean football player

Hasbún

* Carlos Hasbún (born 1949), Salvadoran athlete. * Hato Hasbún (1946-2017), politician from El Salvador * Ignacio Hasbún (born 1990), Chilean footballer * Rosa Hasbún (born 1952), Salvadoran former swimmer * Sergio Hasbún (born 1947) Salvadoran former swimmer

Hazboun

* Ibrahim Hazboun (born 1947), Palestinian astrologer * George Hazboun (born 1945), Jordanian lawyer *

Sabine Hazboun Sabine Hazboun (Arabic: سابين حزبون ; born 1994) is a Palestinian swimmer. She was born in Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south ...

(born 1994), Palestinian swimmer

References

1
A Legacy from the Heart of Bethlehem
. Originally, this page was unde
Dabdoub.ps
which has now changed. The information was Retrieved 2014-06-13. 2.
Hazboun Family Origin Legend
. www.hazboun.org. {{surname