Mahan Surname
Approximately 52,908 people bear this surname
Mahan Surname Definition:
(Irish) Grandson of little Moch, a pet form of some early name commencing with Moch; the son of one with bearlike characteristics.
Mahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,177 | 1:17,964 | 2,277 |
| Ivory Coast | 16,081 | 1:1,435 | 151 |
| Pakistan | 5,768 | 1:30,972 | 1,524 |
| Iran | 3,091 | 1:24,841 | 3,123 |
| Iraq | 2,185 | 1:16,028 | 1,039 |
| India | 1,320 | 1:581,110 | 28,267 |
| Yemen | 557 | 1:47,442 | 3,856 |
| Thailand | 543 | 1:130,089 | 19,796 |
| Nigeria | 433 | 1:409,106 | 21,363 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Turkey | 292 | 1:266,512 | 18,119 |
| England | 263 | 1:211,856 | 18,170 |
| Ukraine | 246 | 1:185,052 | 25,250 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Canada | 161 | 1:228,855 | 21,956 |
| New Zealand | 150 | 1:30,189 | 5,269 |
| Philippines | 149 | 1:679,451 | 69,999 |
| Indonesia | 117 | 1:1,130,335 | 81,024 |
| Papua New Guinea | 103 | 1:79,162 | 10,424 |
| Chile | 94 | 1:187,409 | 6,037 |
| Afghanistan | 88 | 1:365,377 | 5,342 |
| Kazakhstan | 72 | 1:245,590 | 21,749 |
| Malaysia | 54 | 1:546,189 | 26,882 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Northern Cyprus | 35 | 1:9,115 | 2,267 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 69 | 1:64,201 | 4,905 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 87 | 1:280,177 | 19,488 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:267,373 | 8,913 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,517 | 1:9,103 | 1,157 |
Mahan (39,450) may also be a first name.
Mahan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Irish) Grandson of little Moch, a pet form of some early name commencing with Moch; the son of one with bearlike characteristics.
Mahan Demographics
Average Male Mahan Height
176.82 cm
Average Female Mahan Height
164.64 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahan (Arabic: محين, Bengali: মহন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﺎﻥ, Hindi: महान, Marathi: मेाहन, Oriya: ମହନ, Tibetan: མ་ཧན་) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahan is the 10,619th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 137,740 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Mahan are found; 37 percent are found in North America and 37 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Mahan is also the 22,451st most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 39,450 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 20,177 people, or 1 in 17,964. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Missouri, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 77 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 30 percent live and Pakistan, where 11 percent live.
Mahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mahan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mahan last name increased 366 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 302 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 107 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Mahan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (99%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Mahan surname are 11.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.73% being registered with the political party.
The amount Mahan earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 19.75% less than the national average, earning 277,729 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.41% less than the national average, earning $42,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.48% more than the national average, earning $53,398 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahan in the Bengali language | ||
| মহন | mahana | 97.58 |
| মোহন | mohana | 0.81 |
| মহান | mahana | 0.81 |
| Mahan in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହନ | mahana | 90.86 |
| େମାହନ | emahana | 2.42 |
| ମାହାଣ | mahana | 1.39 |
| ମହାନ | mahana | 1.07 |
| ମାହାନ | mahana | 0.89 |
| ମାହଁା | mahama | 0.68 |
| ମଦନ | madana | 0.21 |
| ମାହନ | mahana | 0.14 |
| ମାହଁ | maham | 0.11 |
| ମାହାଣା | mahana | 0.11 |
| ମହାଣ | mahana | 0.07 |
| ମହନ୍ | mahan | 0.07 |
| ସାହୁ | sahu | 0.04 |
| ବାଘ | bagha | 0.04 |
| ମହଣ | mahana | 0.04 |
| ମହଁା | mahama | 0.04 |
| ମେହାନ | mehana | 0.04 |
| ମହଁ | maham | 0.04 |
| ମଳା | mala | 0.04 |
| ମାହାନା | mahana | 0.04 |
| Mahan in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་ཧན་ | mahen | 80 |
| མོ་ཧན་ | mohen | 20 |
| Mahan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﺎﻥ | mhan | 75 |
| ﻣﺤﻨﺾ | mhnd | 25 |
| Mahan in the Hindi language | ||
| महान | mahana | 42.34 |
| माहन | mahana | 21.24 |
| मेाहन | meahana | 17.24 |
| महन | mahana | 11.59 |
| महण | mahana | 2.07 |
| महां | maham | 1.52 |
| मोहन | mohana | 0.83 |
| महँ | maham | 0.28 |
| माहान | mahana | 0.28 |
| महनो | mahano | 0.14 |
| महाँ | maham | 0.14 |
| माहं | maham | 0.14 |
| Mahan in the Marathi language | ||
| मेाहन | meahana | 33.08 |
| महान | mahana | 30.05 |
| मोहन | mohana | 11.11 |
| महन | mahana | 6.57 |
| महं | maham | 3.79 |
| महण | mahana | 0.76 |
| मदन | madana | 0.51 |
| मण | mana | 0.51 |
| महाण | mahana | 0.51 |
| हाण | hana | 0.51 |
| मह | maha | 0.25 |
| खान | khana | 0.25 |
| महंइ | mahami | 0.25 |
| महादु | mahadu | 0.25 |
| महोन | mahona | 0.25 |
| महंअ | mahama | 0.25 |
| माहान | mahana | 0.25 |
| मगन | magana | 0.25 |
| गहाणे | gahane | 0.25 |
| हण | hana | 0.25 |
| Mahan in the Arabic language | ||
| محين | mhyn | - |
| مهين | mhyn | - |
| مهان | mhan | - |
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Mahan Reference & Research
McMahon FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Mahan/Mahon FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
McMahon FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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