Hanan Forename
869th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,017,767 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Jordan
Hanan Forename Definition:
Hay'-nan, full of grace. A descendant of Benjamin. 1 Chron. viii. 23.
Hanan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 293,638 | 1:313 | 52 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 137,313 | 1:224 | 11 |
| Iraq | 98% | 131,768 | 1:266 | 36 |
| Sudan | 100% | 94,595 | 1:400 | 67 |
| Yemen | - | 71,147 | 1:370 | 63 |
| Jordan | 100% | 53,286 | 1:166 | 15 |
| Syria | - | 51,822 | 1:373 | 58 |
| Morocco | 100% | 28,006 | 1:1,226 | 217 |
| Palestine | 100% | 27,200 | 1:167 | 15 |
| Eritrea | 84% | 21,234 | 1:224 | 92 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 16,790 | 1:335 | 52 |
| Libya | - | 13,037 | 1:477 | 80 |
| Bahrain | - | 7,754 | 1:174 | 20 |
| Kuwait | - | 7,523 | 1:503 | 78 |
| Indonesia | 94% | 6,527 | 1:39,523 | 5,152 |
| Ethiopia | 86% | 6,357 | 1:15,347 | 2,115 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6,055 | 1:1,181 | 127 |
| Israel | 100% | 5,949 | 1:1,412 | 309 |
| Oman | 100% | 3,628 | 1:1,132 | 174 |
| United States | 92% | 3,376 | 1:107,387 | 4,647 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 3,090 | 1:1,133 | 206 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,899 | 1:16,050 | 1,028 |
| Somalia | - | 2,593 | 1:5,216 | 635 |
| Algeria | 95% | 2,071 | 1:18,434 | 1,141 |
| India | 95% | 1,915 | 1:634,401 | 47,632 |
| Kenya | - | 1,753 | 1:26,416 | 2,323 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 1,523 | 1:127,615 | 5,153 |
| Bangladesh | 70% | 1,466 | 1:108,773 | 7,125 |
| Iran | 100% | 1,281 | 1:61,278 | 2,021 |
| Sweden | 99% | 971 | 1:10,152 | 888 |
| Djibouti | - | 935 | 1:979 | 203 |
| Canada | 100% | 916 | 1:36,172 | 2,703 |
| Ghana | 100% | 899 | 1:30,018 | 1,918 |
| Nigeria | 92% | 883 | 1:201,092 | 8,716 |
| Philippines | 86% | 877 | 1:120,877 | 6,368 |
| Thailand | 96% | 734 | 1:95,458 | 8,198 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 683 | 1:44,583 | 3,774 |
| England | 99% | 637 | 1:87,289 | 3,448 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| France | 100% | 482 | 1:137,905 | 2,651 |
| Tunisia | 93% | 478 | 1:1,416 | 292 |
| Netherlands | 53% | 466 | 1:36,271 | 2,785 |
| Belgium | 93% | 455 | 1:25,253 | 1,730 |
| Afghanistan | 87% | 233 | 1:140,015 | 4,172 |
| Denmark | - | 224 | 1:25,221 | 1,334 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 208 | 1:253,790 | 9,541 |
| Germany | 77% | 183 | 1:528,294 | 5,448 |
| Brazil | 90% | 180 | 1:1,190,201 | 29,546 |
| Uganda | 72% | 111 | 1:368,981 | 9,802 |
| Venezuela | 98% | 102 | 1:296,097 | 9,435 |
| Australia | - | 96 | 1:142,267 | 4,381 |
| Norway | 91% | 96 | 1:53,462 | 2,163 |
| Turkey | 59% | 95 | 1:818,965 | 8,998 |
| Mauritania | 97% | 68 | 1:60,224 | 2,902 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| New Zealand | - | 44 | 1:103,092 | 4,303 |
| Taiwan | 87% | 35 | 1:679,134 | 32,372 |
| Switzerland | 59% | 33 | 1:248,894 | 5,304 |
| South Africa | 75% | 28 | 1:1,947,595 | 58,611 |
| Romania | - | 26 | 1:771,230 | 20,422 |
| Mexico | 68% | 25 | 1:4,965,777 | 20,003 |
| Ireland | 100% | 24 | 1:193,480 | 3,761 |
| Scotland | 100% | 23 | 1:232,625 | 3,902 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Finland | 72% | 19 | 1:288,589 | 4,209 |
| Italy | 97% | 19 | 1:3,213,794 | 18,941 |
| Wales | 100% | 18 | 1:171,906 | 3,302 |
| Chile | 56% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Maldives | 92% | 17 | 1:25,524 | 1,032 |
| Nepal | 91% | 15 | 1:1,899,157 | 30,872 |
| Greece | 100% | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| Honduras | 89% | 12 | 1:734,789 | 9,414 |
| Ivory Coast | 78% | 12 | 1:1,922,994 | 45,079 |
| Peru | 82% | 12 | 1:2,649,288 | 24,443 |
| Czechia | 100% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Liberia | 100% | 11 | 1:401,096 | 11,764 |
| Austria | 100% | 10 | 1:851,420 | 6,482 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Panama | - | 9 | 1:434,062 | 12,541 |
| Slovenia | 62% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Nicaragua | 67% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Niger | 67% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Singapore | 100% | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Russia | 100% | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Hanán (1), Hànan (1), Hänan (1) & Hánán (1) are calculated separately.
Hanan (45,842) may also be a surname.
Hanan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Hay'-nan, full of grace. A descendant of Benjamin. 1 Chron. viii. 23.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a gracious giver.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Hanan Forename Popularity
Hanan Demographics
Hanan Religious Adherence
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Sample size: 1 (1901)
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