Nan Forename
256th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,256,514 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Cambodia
Nan Forename Definition:
A diminutive of Anne or Hannah, but, in late C19-20, often bestowed as a separate name.
Nan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 2,090,176 | 1:654 | 41 |
| Cambodia | 57% | 36,776 | 1:442 | 79 |
| Myanmar | - | 35,440 | 1:1,466 | 133 |
| United States | 100% | 25,906 | 1:13,994 | 1,323 |
| Thailand | 97% | 13,659 | 1:5,130 | 886 |
| India | 58% | 12,371 | 1:98,204 | 11,940 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10,731 | 1:722 | 73 |
| Singapore | 75% | 4,505 | 1:1,396 | 166 |
| Vietnam | 65% | 3,211 | 1:28,846 | 612 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 2,963 | 1:7,788 | 873 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,968 | 1:16,836 | 1,618 |
| Egypt | 78% | 1,496 | 1:61,431 | 3,281 |
| Malaysia | 51% | 1,317 | 1:23,121 | 2,267 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,246 | 1:207,033 | 19,857 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,157 | 1:3,921 | 616 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,126 | 1:9,392 | 1,296 |
| Netherlands | 97% | 1,051 | 1:16,082 | 1,677 |
| Australia | - | 1,014 | 1:13,469 | 1,114 |
| Taiwan | 92% | 982 | 1:24,205 | 4,318 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| England | 96% | 910 | 1:61,102 | 2,702 |
| Niger | 91% | 777 | 1:24,690 | 1,616 |
| Scotland | 100% | 765 | 1:6,994 | 578 |
| Mali | 100% | 608 | 1:27,924 | 1,823 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Pakistan | 68% | 352 | 1:552,152 | 12,251 |
| Cameroon | 60% | 306 | 1:70,623 | 4,152 |
| France | 100% | 305 | 1:217,936 | 3,405 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 305 | 1:582,178 | 17,418 |
| Wales | 100% | 225 | 1:13,752 | 935 |
| Burkina Faso | 72% | 221 | 1:83,165 | 4,836 |
| Ireland | 99% | 216 | 1:21,498 | 1,033 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 213 | 1:153,162 | 4,393 |
| South Africa | 90% | 191 | 1:285,511 | 16,410 |
| Norway | 100% | 170 | 1:30,190 | 1,538 |
| Germany | 92% | 157 | 1:615,783 | 5,951 |
| Denmark | - | 152 | 1:37,168 | 1,612 |
| Sweden | 86% | 140 | 1:70,414 | 3,350 |
| Japan | 100% | 131 | 1:976,993 | 14,863 |
| Mexico | 57% | 118 | 1:1,052,071 | 8,342 |
| Ecuador | - | 115 | 1:154,147 | 3,016 |
| Iran | 100% | 112 | 1:700,865 | 7,120 |
| Brazil | 100% | 111 | 1:1,930,055 | 41,145 |
| Israel | 90% | 91 | 1:92,340 | 4,169 |
| Spain | 60% | 81 | 1:574,444 | 6,788 |
| Philippines | 55% | 74 | 1:1,432,560 | 35,043 |
| Iraq | 100% | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| Russia | 53% | 71 | 1:2,031,461 | 13,668 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | 70 | 1:116,462 | 10,449 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| South Korea | 95% | 61 | 1:90,892 | 4,807 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Belgium | 78% | 45 | 1:255,334 | 5,575 |
| Qatar | 75% | 41 | 1:57,795 | 7,275 |
| Guinea | - | 40 | 1:296,466 | 2,787 |
| Ukraine | 53% | 40 | 1:1,137,498 | 3,606 |
| Argentina | 74% | 37 | 1:1,156,034 | 5,603 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Finland | 73% | 34 | 1:161,270 | 3,034 |
| Guam | - | 31 | 1:5,182 | 901 |
| Armenia | 88% | 26 | 1:112,260 | 2,700 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Switzerland | 83% | 20 | 1:410,675 | 7,094 |
| Venezuela | 94% | 20 | 1:1,510,095 | 28,853 |
| Peru | 75% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 16 | 1:447,000 | 16,807 |
| Italy | 72% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 15 | 1:273,016 | 7,154 |
| Guyana | 100% | 13 | 1:58,712 | 5,245 |
| Belize | 100% | 12 | 1:29,526 | 2,824 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Estonia | - | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Nepal | 82% | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| Colombia | - | 10 | 1:4,777,893 | 27,360 |
| Kenya | 100% | 10 | 1:4,630,711 | 25,538 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Hungary | 81% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Chile | 80% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Czechia | 73% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Liberia | 80% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Poland | 71% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Nán (2), Ñan (1) & Ñañ (1) are calculated separately.
Nan (441,714) may also be a surname.
Nan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive of Anne or Hannah, but, in late C19-20, often bestowed as a separate name.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Nan Forename Popularity
Nan Demographics
Nan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 66 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Nan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nan in the Russian language | ||
| Нан | nan | - |
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Footnotes
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