Han Forename
373rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,789,861 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Singapore
Han Forename User-submission:
'Chinese ideographs that make up the bulk of Japanese writing,' 1907, from Japanese 'kan' meaning 'Chinese' (literally Han) + 'ji' meaning 'letter, character.'
OR
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, 'caravanserai'), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- ('to dwell').
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 1,174,130 | 1:1,163 | 99 |
| Vietnam | 83% | 249,462 | 1:371 | 101 |
| Myanmar | - | 199,775 | 1:260 | 67 |
| Cambodia | 55% | 48,832 | 1:333 | 42 |
| Singapore | 73% | 27,377 | 1:230 | 15 |
| Netherlands | 95% | 15,730 | 1:1,075 | 238 |
| Thailand | 74% | 14,760 | 1:4,747 | 811 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 12,323 | 1:2,471 | 237 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11,657 | 1:665 | 70 |
| United States | 59% | 11,243 | 1:32,246 | 2,156 |
| Indonesia | 89% | 4,340 | 1:59,439 | 7,281 |
| Egypt | 67% | 2,364 | 1:38,875 | 2,448 |
| Japan | - | 1,946 | 1:65,769 | 3,430 |
| Taiwan | 57% | 1,701 | 1:13,974 | 2,670 |
| South Korea | 94% | 1,440 | 1:3,850 | 711 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,344 | 1:24,653 | 2,098 |
| India | 60% | 1,183 | 1:1,026,947 | 66,681 |
| Pakistan | 95% | 1,111 | 1:174,939 | 6,239 |
| Iran | 53% | 1,045 | 1:75,117 | 2,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| Macau | - | 975 | 1:624 | 168 |
| Brunei | 75% | 678 | 1:619 | 57 |
| Australia | - | 467 | 1:29,245 | 1,770 |
| England | 64% | 389 | 1:142,938 | 4,777 |
| Belgium | 62% | 374 | 1:30,722 | 1,919 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 367 | 1:14,912 | 515 |
| Afghanistan | 71% | 328 | 1:99,462 | 3,493 |
| Philippines | 85% | 313 | 1:338,688 | 12,761 |
| Germany | 82% | 251 | 1:385,171 | 4,538 |
| Poland | 53% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Brazil | 54% | 230 | 1:931,462 | 25,013 |
| New Zealand | - | 176 | 1:25,773 | 1,831 |
| France | 81% | 139 | 1:478,204 | 5,274 |
| Spain | 63% | 139 | 1:334,748 | 5,244 |
| Russia | 93% | 138 | 1:1,045,172 | 8,859 |
| Albania | 98% | 108 | 1:28,209 | 3,191 |
| Kazakhstan | 94% | 100 | 1:177,468 | 4,217 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Turkey | 53% | 89 | 1:874,177 | 9,301 |
| Sweden | 74% | 74 | 1:133,215 | 5,291 |
| South Africa | 73% | 69 | 1:790,328 | 32,596 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 69 | 1:119,036 | 3,478 |
| Cameroon | 69% | 66 | 1:327,432 | 12,021 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Nigeria | 84% | 59 | 1:3,009,565 | 52,351 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62% | 51 | 1:159,849 | 13,924 |
| Qatar | 97% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Iraq | 100% | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 46 | 1:29,596 | 3,144 |
| Ukraine | 87% | 45 | 1:1,011,109 | 3,361 |
| Mauritius | - | 42 | 1:30,900 | 2,306 |
| Yemen | - | 42 | 1:626,113 | 2,611 |
| Denmark | - | 39 | 1:144,859 | 3,650 |
| Finland | 59% | 37 | 1:148,194 | 2,908 |
| Ireland | 71% | 34 | 1:136,574 | 3,000 |
| Norway | 100% | 34 | 1:150,951 | 4,193 |
| Peru | 85% | 31 | 1:1,025,531 | 13,565 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Jamaica | - | 27 | 1:106,786 | 4,444 |
| Mexico | 83% | 27 | 1:4,597,942 | 19,118 |
| Venezuela | 95% | 26 | 1:1,161,611 | 23,916 |
| Niger | 57% | 24 | 1:799,333 | 13,611 |
| Oman | 100% | 23 | 1:178,638 | 3,191 |
| Colombia | 100% | 22 | 1:2,171,769 | 17,581 |
| Italy | 80% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Greece | 83% | 19 | 1:575,503 | 7,294 |
| Scotland | 50% | 16 | 1:334,398 | 4,869 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Paraguay | 83% | 12 | 1:603,067 | 5,347 |
| Syria | - | 12 | 1:1,608,840 | 3,623 |
| Estonia | - | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Panama | 100% | 10 | 1:390,656 | 11,763 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Wales | 83% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Austria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,419,034 | 8,656 |
| Israel | 63% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Azerbaijan | 67% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Costa Rica | 60% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Czechia | 72% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Chile | 60% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Uganda | - | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | 67% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Nicaragua | - | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Congo | 50% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 80% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Hán (1) & Hân (1) are calculated separately.
Han (10,833,230) may also be a surname.
Han Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
'Chinese ideographs that make up the bulk of Japanese writing,' 1907, from Japanese 'kan' meaning 'Chinese' (literally Han) + 'ji' meaning 'letter, character.'
OR
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, 'caravanserai'), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- ('to dwell').
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