Anan Forename
4,168th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 251,935 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand
Anan Forename Definition:
Ay'-nan, a cloud, prophecy. One of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. Neh. x. 26.
Anan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 100% | 144,580 | 1:485 | 30 |
| China | - | 45,732 | 1:29,871 | 4,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 17,018 | 1:1,811 | 317 |
| Indonesia | 53% | 10,191 | 1:25,313 | 3,463 |
| Egypt | 95% | 5,682 | 1:16,174 | 1,320 |
| India | 92% | 5,164 | 1:235,259 | 23,411 |
| Sudan | 50% | 3,768 | 1:10,034 | 1,267 |
| Yemen | - | 3,101 | 1:8,480 | 651 |
| Bangladesh | 69% | 2,658 | 1:59,993 | 4,878 |
| Palestine | 82% | 2,358 | 1:1,930 | 404 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2,034 | 1:3,516 | 413 |
| Jordan | 67% | 1,210 | 1:7,295 | 718 |
| Taiwan | 60% | 896 | 1:26,529 | 4,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 95% | 701 | 1:32,919 | 2,675 |
| Singapore | - | 693 | 1:9,072 | 1,624 |
| United States | 72% | 560 | 1:647,387 | 15,681 |
| Kuwait | - | 522 | 1:7,251 | 905 |
| Iraq | 84% | 444 | 1:78,869 | 2,168 |
| Pakistan | 77% | 441 | 1:440,720 | 10,739 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Vietnam | 53% | 406 | 1:228,136 | 1,392 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Qatar | 100% | 312 | 1:7,595 | 1,219 |
| Malaysia | 83% | 303 | 1:100,495 | 7,057 |
| Nigeria | 80% | 273 | 1:650,419 | 18,710 |
| Benin | 73% | 254 | 1:41,637 | 3,460 |
| Philippines | 80% | 179 | 1:592,232 | 18,808 |
| Israel | 91% | 152 | 1:55,282 | 3,240 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Syria | - | 95 | 1:203,222 | 2,344 |
| England | 65% | 93 | 1:597,881 | 11,935 |
| DR Congo | 85% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Canada | - | 78 | 1:424,787 | 11,869 |
| Cambodia | 80% | 74 | 1:219,910 | 6,782 |
| Ukraine | 73% | 53 | 1:858,489 | 2,989 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 74% | 49 | 1:27,784 | 3,007 |
| Brazil | 69% | 46 | 1:4,657,308 | 74,565 |
| Lebanon | 56% | 45 | 1:125,057 | 3,539 |
| Uganda | 69% | 42 | 1:975,165 | 17,131 |
| Russia | 71% | 39 | 1:3,698,300 | 20,046 |
| Sweden | 70% | 34 | 1:289,938 | 8,902 |
| Germany | 57% | 30 | 1:3,222,596 | 15,431 |
| Romania | - | 30 | 1:668,399 | 18,240 |
| Mexico | 73% | 29 | 1:4,280,842 | 18,370 |
| Mauritius | - | 28 | 1:46,349 | 2,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 28 | 1:291,154 | 23,707 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Ethiopia | 67% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Kenya | - | 25 | 1:1,852,284 | 20,199 |
| Armenia | 88% | 23 | 1:126,902 | 2,876 |
| Netherlands | 50% | 23 | 1:734,873 | 14,886 |
| Guyana | 85% | 21 | 1:36,346 | 3,756 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 21 | 1:117,084 | 3,073 |
| Australia | - | 20 | 1:682,881 | 9,609 |
| Burkina Faso | 86% | 15 | 1:1,225,298 | 31,975 |
| Honduras | 75% | 14 | 1:629,819 | 8,609 |
| Peru | 75% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| South Africa | 56% | 12 | 1:4,544,387 | 99,592 |
| Venezuela | 62% | 12 | 1:2,516,824 | 41,518 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Maldives | 67% | 9 | 1:48,211 | 1,554 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Algeria | 100% | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Italy | 64% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| France | - | 6 | 1:11,078,390 | 32,981 |
| Norway | 57% | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Niger | 60% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Poland | 78% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Czechia | 58% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Oman | 100% | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Austria | 50% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | 100% | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hungary | 67% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Añan (1) are calculated separately.
Anan (45,142) may also be a surname.
Anan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ay'-nan, a cloud, prophecy. One of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. Neh. x. 26.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a cloud.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Anan Forename Popularity
Anan Demographics
Anan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 138 (2014)
United States
Average
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Anan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anan in the Russian language | ||
| Анан | anan | - |
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