Ah Chan Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Ah Chan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Ah Chan (643) may also be a first name.
Ah Chan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ah Chan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ah Chan is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ah Chan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Ah Chan is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Ah Chan are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 64 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 327,926th most common forename world-wide, borne by 643 people.
It is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia Ah Chan is most prevalent in: Sabah, where 36 percent reside, Johor, where 21 percent reside and Kelantan, where 14 percent reside. Beside Malaysia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 18 percent reside and Thailand, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ah Chang | 93 | 12 | / |
| Ah Chane | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ah Han | 92 | 14 | / |
| Ah Cheang | 88 | 8 | / |
| Ah Khan | 86 | 30 | / |
| Ah Chon | 86 | 16 | / |
| Ah Hang | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ah Cham | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ah Shan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ah Hean | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Chan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ah Chong | 80 | 131 | / |
| Ah Choon | 80 | 87 | / |
| Ah-Chane | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ah Shang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ah Heang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ah Choun | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ah Hon | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ah San | 77 | 12 | / |
| Ah Jan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ah Ham | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ah Choong | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ah Hong | 71 | 107 | / |
| Ah Sang | 71 | 54 | / |
| Ah-Hang | 71 | 23 | / |
| Ah Hoon | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ah Sane | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ah-Cham | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ah Shon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Sain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Jaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Heyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Khon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Hone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ah Coon | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ah-Chong | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ah-Choon | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ah Khoon | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ah Hoong | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ah Tsang | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ah Shoon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ah Seang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah Huong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah Chomg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah Hosen | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Ah Chan
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