Kan Forename
2,930th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 355,741 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Macau
Kan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 181,248 | 1:7,537 | 1,169 |
| India | 97% | 40,224 | 1:30,203 | 4,188 |
| Ivory Coast | 91% | 35,221 | 1:655 | 73 |
| Japan | 61% | 19,952 | 1:6,415 | 847 |
| Cambodia | 51% | 18,443 | 1:882 | 199 |
| Myanmar | - | 18,376 | 1:2,827 | 165 |
| Thailand | 86% | 13,832 | 1:5,065 | 874 |
| Egypt | 64% | 11,538 | 1:7,965 | 806 |
| United States | 64% | 3,872 | 1:93,630 | 4,240 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 3,051 | 1:3,786 | 490 |
| Malaysia | 68% | 1,995 | 1:15,263 | 1,597 |
| Macau | - | 1,755 | 1:347 | 85 |
| Vietnam | 64% | 1,209 | 1:76,611 | 865 |
| Indonesia | - | 685 | 1:376,589 | 30,796 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 670 | 1:290,086 | 8,437 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Canada | 100% | 497 | 1:66,667 | 3,974 |
| Taiwan | 75% | 386 | 1:61,579 | 8,695 |
| England | 84% | 240 | 1:231,679 | 6,473 |
| Mauritius | - | 215 | 1:6,036 | 919 |
| Hong Kong | - | 196 | 1:39,555 | 2,439 |
| Russia | 90% | 112 | 1:1,287,801 | 10,135 |
| Kazakhstan | 89% | 111 | 1:159,881 | 3,999 |
| Australia | - | 95 | 1:143,764 | 4,397 |
| Benin | 100% | 78 | 1:135,588 | 7,479 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Singapore | 62% | 77 | 1:81,650 | 7,158 |
| Brazil | 100% | 76 | 1:2,818,897 | 53,172 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 60 | 1:2,959,406 | 51,820 |
| Niger | 77% | 57 | 1:336,561 | 7,892 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 48 | 1:382,906 | 14,153 |
| Philippines | 100% | 41 | 1:2,585,597 | 53,803 |
| Liberia | 67% | 40 | 1:110,302 | 4,652 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 38 | 1:64,704 | 2,340 |
| Germany | 100% | 34 | 1:2,843,467 | 14,307 |
| Ukraine | 73% | 30 | 1:1,516,664 | 4,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61% | 26 | 1:313,551 | 25,255 |
| South Korea | 100% | 26 | 1:213,247 | 7,913 |
| Afghanistan | 57% | 21 | 1:1,553,501 | 15,583 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21 | 1:1,438,185 | 27,865 |
| France | 100% | 20 | 1:3,323,517 | 16,030 |
| Netherlands | 91% | 20 | 1:845,104 | 15,840 |
| Sweden | 60% | 20 | 1:492,895 | 12,671 |
| New Zealand | - | 19 | 1:238,739 | 7,355 |
| Turkey | 100% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Senegal | 90% | 16 | 1:911,335 | 8,896 |
| South Africa | 67% | 16 | 1:3,408,291 | 83,416 |
| Austria | 100% | 13 | 1:654,939 | 5,517 |
| Belarus | 57% | 13 | 1:729,414 | 4,213 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 12 | 1:1,800,875 | 40,142 |
| Peru | 83% | 12 | 1:2,649,288 | 24,443 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Iran | - | 10 | 1:7,849,687 | 24,628 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Wales | - | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Brunei | - | 8 | 1:52,446 | 1,266 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Mexico | 75% | 6 | 1:20,690,738 | 47,722 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 5 | 1:63,627 | 2,282 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Israel | 71% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Finland | 50% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Italy | 81% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Czechia | 72% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | 50% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Poland | 56% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Kán (2) are calculated separately.
Kan (226,269) may also be a surname.
Kan Forename Popularity
Kan Demographics
Kan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 12 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Kan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kan in the Russian language | ||
| Кан | kan | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kan