Yan Forename
10th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 14,793,356 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Hong Kong
Yan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 13,941,939 | 1:98 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | - | 261,470 | 1:30 | 5 |
| Myanmar | - | 243,615 | 1:213 | 53 |
| Cambodia | 55% | 84,511 | 1:193 | 12 |
| Russia | 99% | 54,460 | 1:2,648 | 196 |
| Brazil | 100% | 36,649 | 1:5,846 | 766 |
| Indonesia | 75% | 36,578 | 1:7,052 | 933 |
| United States | 57% | 19,535 | 1:18,558 | 1,575 |
| Singapore | 64% | 15,768 | 1:399 | 30 |
| Malaysia | 64% | 10,767 | 1:2,828 | 284 |
| Thailand | 56% | 8,947 | 1:7,831 | 1,311 |
| Belarus | 98% | 8,803 | 1:1,077 | 126 |
| Canada | 61% | 7,333 | 1:4,518 | 720 |
| France | 100% | 6,399 | 1:10,388 | 652 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 6,017 | 1:7,562 | 227 |
| Taiwan | 63% | 5,637 | 1:4,217 | 709 |
| India | 64% | 5,513 | 1:220,366 | 22,370 |
| Macau | - | 4,485 | 1:136 | 29 |
| Kazakhstan | 95% | 2,675 | 1:6,634 | 680 |
| Uzbekistan | 92% | 2,387 | 1:12,898 | 1,464 |
| Israel | 98% | 2,216 | 1:3,792 | 686 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,161 | 1:13,976 | 1,348 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,664 | 1:3,010 | 487 |
| England | 70% | 1,601 | 1:34,730 | 1,860 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,444 | 1:33,088 | 1,824 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,178 | 1:32,281 | 999 |
| Peru | 97% | 1,145 | 1:27,765 | 1,905 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,025 | 1:10,177 | 1,197 |
| Australia | - | 860 | 1:15,881 | 1,225 |
| Spain | 74% | 831 | 1:55,993 | 2,136 |
| Mauritius | - | 760 | 1:1,708 | 301 |
| Nigeria | 81% | 751 | 1:236,437 | 9,658 |
| Armenia | 75% | 731 | 1:3,993 | 541 |
| Vietnam | 57% | 727 | 1:127,405 | 1,066 |
| Germany | 96% | 710 | 1:136,166 | 2,513 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 589 | 1:125,344 | 6,294 |
| Tajikistan | 91% | 553 | 1:15,145 | 1,242 |
| Mexico | 91% | 485 | 1:255,968 | 4,068 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 449 | 1:18,293 | 1,354 |
| Gabon | 100% | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Netherlands | 92% | 424 | 1:39,863 | 2,958 |
| Ivory Coast | 53% | 405 | 1:56,978 | 4,076 |
| Japan | - | 371 | 1:344,976 | 9,239 |
| Egypt | 100% | 347 | 1:264,844 | 8,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 305 | 1:26,729 | 2,660 |
| Chile | 89% | 290 | 1:60,715 | 1,977 |
| Suriname | 100% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Moldova | - | 267 | 1:13,338 | 529 |
| Sweden | 74% | 267 | 1:36,921 | 2,147 |
| Chad | 67% | 247 | 1:55,054 | 5,059 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 240 | 1:22,804 | 555 |
| Philippines | 63% | 230 | 1:460,911 | 15,799 |
| Transnistria | 94% | 229 | 1:2,077 | 162 |
| Ecuador | - | 223 | 1:79,493 | 2,204 |
| Panama | 100% | 197 | 1:19,830 | 1,973 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 91% | 160 | 1:37,333 | 3,745 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Belgium | 100% | 141 | 1:81,490 | 3,125 |
| New Zealand | - | 128 | 1:35,438 | 2,216 |
| Niger | 92% | 126 | 1:152,254 | 4,842 |
| Algeria | - | 125 | 1:305,414 | 3,780 |
| Azerbaijan | 95% | 117 | 1:82,418 | 4,046 |
| Qatar | 74% | 115 | 1:20,605 | 3,045 |
| Latvia | - | 114 | 1:17,681 | 862 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Ireland | 100% | 98 | 1:47,383 | 1,584 |
| Finland | 68% | 97 | 1:56,528 | 1,813 |
| Norway | 100% | 97 | 1:52,911 | 2,149 |
| Denmark | - | 96 | 1:58,849 | 2,114 |
| Scotland | 75% | 96 | 1:55,733 | 1,681 |
| South Africa | 66% | 96 | 1:568,048 | 26,056 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 91 | 1:2,969 | 499 |
| Estonia | - | 88 | 1:14,948 | 1,431 |
| Costa Rica | 85% | 86 | 1:55,441 | 2,334 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 82 | 1:73,394 | 2,948 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 81 | 1:86,301 | 3,284 |
| French Polynesia | - | 81 | 1:3,431 | 664 |
| South Korea | 60% | 79 | 1:70,183 | 4,107 |
| Hungary | 100% | 76 | 1:128,839 | 826 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Pakistan | 51% | 73 | 1:2,662,434 | 32,624 |
| Italy | 87% | 67 | 1:911,374 | 8,121 |
| Wales | 86% | 60 | 1:51,572 | 1,767 |
| Greece | 100% | 58 | 1:188,527 | 3,943 |
| Belize | 100% | 52 | 1:6,814 | 1,210 |
| Austria | 100% | 50 | 1:170,284 | 2,763 |
| Georgia | 98% | 50 | 1:74,769 | 3,087 |
| Jamaica | - | 50 | 1:57,665 | 3,088 |
| South Sudan | 73% | 49 | 1:235,735 | 640 |
| Honduras | 100% | 44 | 1:200,397 | 4,684 |
| Lebanon | 96% | 41 | 1:137,258 | 3,684 |
| Liberia | 63% | 38 | 1:116,107 | 4,813 |
| Benin | 100% | 36 | 1:293,773 | 12,014 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Lithuania | - | 34 | 1:86,820 | 1,412 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Romania | 100% | 34 | 1:589,764 | 16,190 |
| Iran | 100% | 32 | 1:2,453,027 | 13,672 |
| Argentina | 71% | 31 | 1:1,379,782 | 6,174 |
| Saint Lucia | 92% | 24 | 1:7,409 | 1,127 |
| Burkina Faso | 71% | 23 | 1:799,107 | 23,657 |
| Czechia | 94% | 22 | 1:484,371 | 2,465 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| El Salvador | - | 20 | 1:317,089 | 3,575 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 20 | 1:28,202 | 1,466 |
| Serbia | - | 20 | 1:357,286 | 4,336 |
| Bhutan | 57% | 19 | 1:43,417 | 1,450 |
| Cuba | - | 18 | 1:639,253 | 3,236 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 17 | 1:420,705 | 16,716 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 15 | 1:38,730 | 2,561 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 11 | 1:963,764 | 3,282 |
| Syria | - | 11 | 1:1,755,098 | 3,737 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 10 | 1:24,342 | 1,204 |
| Cameroon | - | 10 | 1:2,161,050 | 45,539 |
| Guatemala | 60% | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Afghanistan | 62% | 9 | 1:3,624,835 | 24,448 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Guyana | 100% | 9 | 1:84,807 | 6,788 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 8 | 1:904,601 | 6,499 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8 | 1:443,788 | 3,677 |
| Senegal | 67% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Slovenia | 83% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Northern Ireland | 75% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Yàn (1) are calculated separately.
Yan (9,666,674) may also be a surname.
Yan Forename Popularity
Yan Demographics
Yan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 2,572 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Yan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yan in the Russian language | ||
| Ян | an | - |
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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
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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 Yan