Shan Forename
327th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,911,670 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
China
Shan Forename Definition:
Or SHANE is of Sean. But both names remain essentially Irish.
Shan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 1,760,971 | 1:776 | 54 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 36,025 | 1:5,395 | 756 |
| India | 64% | 28,551 | 1:42,551 | 5,844 |
| Myanmar | - | 23,364 | 1:2,223 | 156 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 22,391 | 1:929 | 164 |
| United States | 61% | 11,201 | 1:32,366 | 2,163 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,295 | 1:4,895 | 764 |
| Bangladesh | 88% | 3,941 | 1:40,462 | 3,728 |
| Taiwan | 52% | 2,927 | 1:8,121 | 1,523 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,317 | 1:14,300 | 1,463 |
| Malaysia | 53% | 2,233 | 1:13,636 | 1,465 |
| England | 79% | 1,843 | 1:30,170 | 1,690 |
| Australia | - | 829 | 1:16,475 | 1,256 |
| Thailand | 64% | 802 | 1:87,364 | 7,743 |
| Wales | 98% | 675 | 1:4,584 | 569 |
| South Africa | 52% | 673 | 1:81,029 | 7,083 |
| Afghanistan | 65% | 562 | 1:58,049 | 2,648 |
| Oman | - | 505 | 1:8,136 | 1,032 |
| Philippines | 71% | 466 | 1:227,488 | 9,686 |
| Singapore | 52% | 395 | 1:15,917 | 3,392 |
| Mauritius | - | 285 | 1:4,554 | 745 |
| Poland | - | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Hong Kong | - | 239 | 1:32,438 | 2,385 |
| New Zealand | - | 228 | 1:19,895 | 1,566 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Netherlands | 51% | 191 | 1:88,493 | 4,819 |
| France | 92% | 190 | 1:349,844 | 4,458 |
| Qatar | 97% | 179 | 1:13,238 | 2,052 |
| Nigeria | 54% | 166 | 1:1,069,665 | 26,160 |
| Vietnam | 66% | 155 | 1:597,568 | 2,144 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 141 | 1:1,829,530 | 96,293 |
| Japan | - | 120 | 1:1,066,550 | 15,372 |
| Iraq | 86% | 116 | 1:301,878 | 4,283 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Albania | 100% | 103 | 1:29,578 | 3,287 |
| Germany | 81% | 98 | 1:986,509 | 7,770 |
| Spain | 63% | 98 | 1:474,796 | 6,178 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 92 | 1:573,786 | 15,417 |
| Sweden | 62% | 88 | 1:112,022 | 4,669 |
| Scotland | 81% | 71 | 1:75,357 | 1,994 |
| Russia | 86% | 67 | 1:2,152,742 | 14,166 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Guyana | 65% | 55 | 1:13,877 | 1,911 |
| Brazil | 80% | 51 | 1:4,200,709 | 69,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 50 | 1:143,040 | 9,963 |
| Ecuador | - | 49 | 1:361,774 | 4,580 |
| Ireland | 86% | 44 | 1:105,535 | 2,547 |
| Italy | 67% | 41 | 1:1,489,319 | 11,461 |
| Iran | 78% | 40 | 1:1,962,422 | 12,233 |
| Norway | 63% | 40 | 1:128,308 | 3,796 |
| Uganda | 56% | 38 | 1:1,077,814 | 18,180 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Ukraine | 97% | 36 | 1:1,263,886 | 3,862 |
| Denmark | - | 35 | 1:161,414 | 3,904 |
| Maldives | 94% | 34 | 1:12,762 | 629 |
| Greece | 73% | 33 | 1:331,350 | 5,347 |
| Yemen | - | 29 | 1:906,785 | 3,018 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Argentina | 71% | 20 | 1:2,138,662 | 7,817 |
| Barbados | - | 20 | 1:14,489 | 1,291 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Hungary | 100% | 19 | 1:515,356 | 1,894 |
| Belgium | 61% | 18 | 1:638,336 | 9,306 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Switzerland | 68% | 18 | 1:456,305 | 7,530 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 67% | 18 | 1:75,634 | 5,830 |
| Kenya | - | 14 | 1:3,307,651 | 22,394 |
| Peru | 70% | 14 | 1:2,270,818 | 22,263 |
| Finland | 88% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Mexico | 67% | 13 | 1:9,549,571 | 29,766 |
| Panama | 57% | 12 | 1:325,546 | 10,471 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Austria | 100% | 11 | 1:774,018 | 6,072 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Cameroon | 67% | 9 | 1:2,401,167 | 48,579 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Belarus | 80% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Jamaica | - | 8 | 1:360,403 | 10,541 |
| Jordan | 80% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Belize | 67% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Bhutan | 75% | 6 | 1:137,488 | 2,765 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Venezuela | - | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Chile | 100% | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Israel | - | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Congo | - | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Czechia | 75% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Shân (2), Shãn (2), Shān (1) & Shán (1) are calculated separately.
Shan (86,689) may also be a surname.
Shan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Or SHANE is of Sean. But both names remain essentially Irish.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Shan Forename Popularity
Shan Demographics
Average Male Shan Height
173.58 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 365 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Shan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shan in the Russian language | ||
| Шан | san | - |
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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
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- 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 Shan