Chazan Surname
Approximately 706 people bear this surname
Chazan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 258 | 1:1,404,880 | 96,935 |
| Poland | 126 | 1:301,657 | 35,796 |
| Brazil | 94 | 1:2,277,387 | 70,617 |
| Greece | 47 | 1:235,740 | 36,293 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Chażan (1) are calculated separately.
Chazan (15) may also be a first name.
Chazan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See Kantor.
User-submitted Reference
Chazan is Hebrew for 'cantor', the person in a synagogue that sings prayers for the congregation.
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Chazan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chazan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chazan (Arabic: شازان) is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Chażan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chazan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 474,151st most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 10,322,303 people. The surname Chazan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Chazan live; 41 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. Chazan is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The last name Chazan is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 1,404,880. In The United States Chazan is most common in: New York, where 33 percent live, California, where 23 percent live and New Jersey, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 18 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.
Chazan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chazan surname are 39.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.86% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chazan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 38.78% more than the national average, earning $59,882 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.28% more than the national average, earning $78,638 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chazan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chazan in the Arabic language | ||
| شازان | shazan | - |
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Footnotes
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