Mohan Surname

1,298^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 414,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

India

Highest density in:

Oman

Mohan Surname Definition:

(Celtic) 1 Little Man, Labourer, Slave [Irish mogh, man, &c. + the diminutive suff. -án] 2 for Mahon, q.v.

Mohan Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
India	317,915	1:2,413	249
Sri Lanka	11,914	1:1,747	242
United Arab Emirates	11,025	1:831	89
Oman	9,516	1:388	44
United States	9,184	1:39,466	4,866
Iraq	7,451	1:4,700	465
Pakistan	6,243	1:28,615	1,441
Bangladesh	6,038	1:26,392	1,767
Saudi Arabia	5,684	1:5,429	749
Kuwait	3,027	1:1,256	133
Malaysia	2,724	1:10,828	1,189
England	2,463	1:22,622	3,158
Trinidad and Tobago	2,356	1:579	64
South Africa	2,107	1:25,713	3,284
Qatar	2,006	1:1,175	84
Canada	1,880	1:19,599	2,733
Bahrain	1,469	1:918	107
Guyana	1,300	1:586	58
Singapore	1,288	1:4,276	309
Suriname	1,266	1:437	9
Ireland	879	1:5,357	854
Australia	756	1:35,709	4,702
Netherlands	429	1:39,364	6,655
Ghana	416	1:64,954	6,785
Indonesia	411	1:321,774	28,222
Thailand	340	1:207,760	34,548
Egypt	305	1:301,429	19,796
New Zealand	293	1:15,455	2,701
Serbia	277	1:25,794	2,848
Jamaica	262	1:10,954	1,150
Northern Ireland	251	1:7,351	1,278
France	251	1:264,632	40,776
Romania	247	1:81,287	9,547
Yemen	245	1:107,858	6,348
Malawi	157	1:109,039	12,664
Japan	150	1:852,295	18,638
Scotland	139	1:38,517	3,665
Hong Kong	112	1:65,495	1,203
Ivory Coast	110	1:209,738	8,837
Germany	104	1:774,091	57,434
Turkey	88	1:884,334	41,843
China	61	1:22,415,108	1,242
Brazil	50	1:4,281,487	114,765
Switzerland	49	1:167,611	15,447
Mauritius	46	1:28,118	5,531
Spain	44	1:1,062,546	38,570
Nepal	43	1:662,348	4,982
Nigeria	42	1:4,217,685	117,088
Botswana	39	1:56,075	10,323
Philippines	39	1:2,595,852	132,893
Ethiopia	36	1:2,709,618	8,935
Iran	35	1:2,193,786	75,524
Sweden	35	1:281,336	19,530
Israel	32	1:267,426	24,032
Norway	26	1:197,780	22,769
Wales	25	1:123,781	9,267
Belgium	23	1:499,854	48,667
Poland	21	1:1,809,940	93,678
Austria	20	1:425,772	43,235
Italy	19	1:3,218,773	100,309
Latvia	17	1:120,591	17,235
Libya	16	1:390,248	1,390
Kenya	14	1:3,298,564	38,706
Syria	14	1:1,378,644	7,647
Tanzania	14	1:3,781,544	51,645
Panama	13	1:300,943	7,078
South Korea	12	1:4,270,021	781
Venezuela	12	1:2,517,006	28,211
Russia	11	1:13,102,096	377,010
Barbados	10	1:28,745	1,389
Zimbabwe	10	1:1,543,824	78,460
Antigua and Barbuda	9	1:11,019	1,084
Ecuador	9	1:1,767,316	20,027
Fiji	9	1:99,377	1,883
Morocco	9	1:3,830,678	54,497
Myanmar	9	1:5,770,887	975
Estonia	8	1:165,226	26,217
Uganda	8	1:4,879,910	106,546
Afghanistan	6	1:5,358,864	25,178
American Samoa	6	1:9,293	1,961
Ukraine	6	1:7,587,116	277,111
Brunei	5	1:83,746	1,811
Greece	5	1:2,215,958	91,893
Algeria	4	1:9,657,888	64,782
Cameroon	4	1:5,192,267	135,173
DR Congo	4	1:18,469,892	182,906
East Timor	4	1:303,982	255
Laos	4	1:1,647,081	888
Mozambique	4	1:6,815,392	4,272
Portugal	4	1:2,604,560	16,079
Seychelles	4	1:23,098	1,012
Somalia	4	1:3,363,015	5,093
Taiwan	4	1:5,861,186	33,577
Turkmenistan	4	1:1,372,278	6,164
Vietnam	4	1:23,161,514	3,610
Denmark	3	1:1,881,572	67,227
Finland	3	1:1,832,234	57,803
Georgia	3	1:1,248,515	28,066
Kazakhstan	3	1:5,894,165	166,702
Liberia	3	1:1,469,512	38,766
Mexico	3	1:41,375,402	71,397
Zambia	3	1:5,283,307	43,479
Belarus	2	1:4,750,530	139,516
Cambodia	2	1:7,743,573	11,959
Chile	2	1:8,808,237	65,417
Jordan	2	1:4,421,218	22,351
Paraguay	2	1:3,618,373	13,977
Slovenia	2	1:1,243,838	27,519
Angola	1	1:26,989,214	11,853
Argentina	1	1:42,743,414	282,706
Bahamas	1	1:391,751	2,737
Belize	1	1:355,474	3,977
Bhutan	1	1:616,039	1,715
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Cayman Islands	1	1:63,893	2,384
Colombia	1	1:47,774,072	44,230
Costa Rica	1	1:4,780,069	13,345
Croatia	1	1:4,228,604	99,289
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
Czechia	1	1:10,633,469	206,023
Djibouti	1	1:914,932	1,612
Dominica	1	1:75,891	912
Dominican Republic	1	1:10,432,932	36,508
Eritrea	1	1:4,751,901	911
Gambia	1	1:1,923,451	1,043
Gibraltar	1	1:33,954	1,660
Hungary	1	1:9,816,277	73,288
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Isle of Man	1	1:85,822	4,091
Jersey	1	1:99,202	6,620
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Lesotho	1	1:2,032,558	23,402
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
North Macedonia	1	1:2,101,472	31,546
Madagascar	1	1:23,649,837	9,420
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Mali	1	1:16,969,035	4,067
Monaco	1	1:37,066	4,748
Niger	1	1:19,192,017	110,060
Papua New Guinea	1	1:8,153,717	181,784
Peru	1	1:31,784,123	64,452
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1:55,199	1,294
Saint Lucia	1	1:178,781	3,800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1:112,659	1,704
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Sierra Leone	1	1:7,089,631	1,533
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Uzbekistan	1	1:30,929,142	67,786

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	733	1:6,043	973

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	90	1:270,837	19,067
Scotland	60	1:62,387	3,880

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	700	1:71,741	7,698

The alternate forms: Mohân (2) are calculated separately.

Mohan (1,629,967) may also be a first name.

Mohan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

(Celtic) 1 Little Man, Labourer, Slave [Irish mogh, man, &c. + the diminutive suff. -án] 2 for Mahon, q.v.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Mócháin In Connacht, where there are two septs of the name, it has been widely changed to Mahon.

Mohan, with its variant Moan, is actually more numerous in Co. Monaghan. IF 218; MIF 180; Map Gal and Sligo

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Ó Mócháin In Connacht, where there are two septs of the name, it has been widely changed to Mahon.

Mohan, with its variant Moan, is actually more numerous in Co. Monaghan. IF 218; MIF 180; Map Gal and Sligo

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

For Mohun, Mohon, or Moion, from Moion, near St. Lo, Normandy. This lordship in 1026 was part of the Ducal demesne, and was granted by Richard III. to his consort in that year. It was subsequently granted to the ancestors of this family, of whomWilliam de Moion or Mohun accompanied the Conqueror 1066, and obtained a great barony in Somerset (Domesd.). From him descended de Mohun, Earl of Dorset, t. Stephen, and the Lords M., of Dunster and of Oakhampton (see De Gerville, Anc. Chateaux de la Manche; Wiffen, Mem. Russell, i. 85; Dugdale, Banks, &c.). The barony of Dunster was held by the service of 40 knights (Testa, 162). In 1165 William de M.'s barony in Normandy consisted of 16 fees (Feod. Norm. Duchesne).

— The Norman People (1874)

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Mohan Demographics

Average Male Mohan Height

172^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 381 (2014)

Average Female Mohan Height

164.21^cm

Average female height (US):

161.5 cm

Sample size: 28 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Mohan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mohan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Mohan (Arabic: موهان, Bengali: মোহন, Hindi: मोहन, Marathi: मोहन, Oriya: େମାହନ, Tibetan: མོ་ཧན་) has its highest incidence in India. It may be rendered as: Mohân. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mohan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,298^th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,598 people. The last name Mohan occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Mohan are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 432^nd most frequently held first name on earth, held by 1,629,967 people.

The last name Mohan is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 317,915 people, or 1 in 2,413. In India it is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 25 percent live, Kerala, where 13 percent live and Rajasthan, where 11 percent live. Outside of India it is found in 149 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 3 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent live.

Mohan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Mohan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mohan surname increased 1,312 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 2,737 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 120 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 232 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mohan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mohan surname is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Mohan last name are 2.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.29% registered with the political party.

The amount Mohan earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 8.51% less than the national average, earning 316,628 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.08% more than the national average, earning R 309,108 per year; in United States they earn 16.32% more than the national average, earning $50,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.28% more than the national average, earning $56,776 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Mohân	93	2	/
Moahan	91	3,768	/
Mohain	91	139	/
Moehan	91	106	/
Mohann	91	48	/
Mohaan	91	35	/
Mmohan	91	8	/
Mojhan	91	7	/
Mohanc	91	7	/
Mohhan	91	5	/
Mohuan	91	4	/
Mohahn	91	2	/
Mohanq	91	2	/
Mhohan	91	1	/
Hmohan	91	1	/
Moan	89	40,904	/
Mohahan	83	16	/
Mohamne	83	7	/
Moohang	83	4	/
Mohantt	83	3	/
Mohandd	83	3	/
Mohanck	83	2	/
Mohijan	83	2	/
Mouahan	83	1	/
Mmoahan	83	1	/
Moahane	83	1	/
Moahanh	83	1	/
Moahann	83	1	/
Mohangg	83	1	/
Mohanjs	83	1	/
Mohannk	83	1	/
Moheean	83	1	/
Mohagne	83	1	/
M'Ohand	83	1	/
Mohhane	83	1	/
Mohaung	83	1	/
Mohaind	83	1	/
Moeahan	83	0	/
Moyhian	83	0	/
Mohon	80	9,383	/
Moane	80	667	/
Moain	80	266	/
Mouan	80	265	/
Moang	80	201	/
Moean	80	201	/
Moamn	80	183	/
Moaan	80	28	/
Moahn	80	26	/
Moohn	80	22	/
Moaun	80	7	/
Mooan	80	2	/
Moand	80	1	/
Maohn	80	0	/
Mohaysen	77	2	/
Mohanova	77	2	/
Mohanová	77	1	/
Mohijain	77	1	/
Mohahane	77	1	/
Mouane	73	1,162	/
Moamng	73	717	/
Mouain	73	208	/
Mouayn	73	136	/
Mouang	73	106	/
Mojgan	73	36	/
Moijan	73	19	/
Moiyan	73	16	/
Moaten	73	13	/
Moaung	73	13	/
Mojean	73	11	/
Mojian	73	10	/
Mahhan	73	9	/
Mhaoun	73	9	/
Moasen	73	8	/
Mahaon	73	7	/
Mogian	73	6	/
Mooamn	73	6	/
Maehan	73	5	/
Mohein	73	5	/
Moohon	73	4	/
Moaamn	73	4	/
Mooand	73	3	/
Mohoun	73	3	/
Mmoane	73	3	/
Moeain	73	2	/
Mojjan	73	2	/
Moanne	73	2	/
Moasin	73	2	/
Moyian	73	1	/
Mohamh	73	1	/
Moeean	73	1	/
Muoham	73	1	/
Mouand	73	1	/
Mouanh	73	1	/
Moacin	73	1	/
Moagne	73	1	/
Moatin	73	1	/
Mohonn	73	1	/
Mohonq	73	1	/
Moathn	73	1	/
Mohamc	73	1	/
Mouant	73	0	/
Moyhon	73	0	/
Moaine	73	0	/
Mohaissen	71	5	/
Maon	67	7,272	/
Moam	67	1,040	/
Mouaine	67	346	/
Moiyand	67	52	/
Maochen	67	41	/
Meehean	67	27	/
Moasing	67	22	/
Mohoung	67	17	/
Moiyang	67	13	/
Mahaund	67	11	/
Mouatin	67	4	/
Moiyane	67	3	/
Mojiang	67	3	/
Mauhand	67	2	/
Mohgoun	67	2	/
Mouacin	67	2	/
Mouagne	67	2	/
Mahahon	67	1	/
Mahaune	67	1	/
Mouhgon	67	1	/
Moaheen	67	1	/
Moassin	67	1	/
Mohonne	67	1	/
Mohoten	67	1	/
Moijjan	67	1	/
Mouaham	67	1	/
Mouasin	67	1	/
Mouasne	67	1	/
Moouham	67	1	/
Moaseng	67	1	/
Mauhane	67	1	/
Mouaane	67	1	/
Moijane	67	1	/
Moheamd	67	1	/
Moohamd	67	1	/
Mahaaon	67	1	/

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Mohan Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Mohan in the Bengali language
মোহন	mohana	99.5
মোহন্	mohan	0.1
মহন	mahana	0.05
মোহন	mohana	0.05
মোহান	mohana	0.02
মোহ	moha	0.02
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Mohan in the Oriya language
େମାହନ	emahana	94.78
ମହନ	mahana	0.18
ମହାନ	mahana	0.16
ମେହାନ	mehana	0.06
େମାହନ୍	emahan	0.03
ମହାି	mahai	0.02
ମହନୀ	mahani	0.01
ମହନି	mahani	0.01
ମହା	maha	0.01
ମାହାଣା	mahana	0.01
େମାହାନ୍	emahan	0
ଗାହାଣ	gahana	0
ସିହନ୍ା	sihana	0
ଜହନ୍	jahan	0
ସାହାଣି	sahani	0
ଝାନ	jhana	0
ଓଝା	ojha	0
ହନ	hana	0
ମହ	maha	0
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Mohan in the Marathi language
मोहन	mohana	94.73
हाण	hana	1.63
मोहण	mohana	0.37
हान	hana	0.06
मोहान	mohana	0.05
हाणे	hane	0.05
धान	dhana	0.03
हन	hana	0.02
माहन	mahana	0.02
मोहना	mohana	0.01
सोहनी	sohani	0.01
धना	dhana	0.01
भान	bhana	0.01
हाने	hane	0.01
हणे	hane	0.01
ेहन	ehana	0
मोटन	motana	0
मोहय	mohaya	0
घना	ghana	0
मोहते	mohate	0
मॊहन्	mohan	0
गोहन	gohana	0
भाणा	bhana	0
मोहत	mohata	0
मोधा	modha	0
हनू	hanu	0
हानू	hanu	0
धाना	dhana	0
हणा	hana	0
ओबान	obana	0
मोहनु	mohanu	0
ढन	dhana	0
मोशन	mosana	0
होहन	hohana	0
मोजने	mojane	0
मोहबे	mohabe	0
घण	ghana	0
मोहण्	mohan	0
हनु	hanu	0
ओहान	ohana	0
हानु	hanu	0
लोहन	lohana	0
मोहप	mohapa	0
कोहाणे	kohane	0
मोघ	mogha	0
मोढ	modha	0
रोहण	rohana	0
मोहनी	mohani	0
गोहाङे	gohane	0
मोहणे	mohane	0
मोदन	modana	0
कोहन	kohana	0
मोगन	mogana	0
ेहान	ehana	0
ओचन	ocana	0
मोहुन	mohuna	0
मोघा	mogha	0
मोहब	mohaba	0
्मोहन	mohana	0
ओसान	osana	0
लोहानी	lohani	0
मोहक	mohaka	0
मोहीनी	mohini	0
सोहणी	sohani	0
ोहन	ohana	0
मोहे	mohe	0
मोहड	mohada	0
ओजना	ojana	0
मोहतो	mohato	0
मोलाने	molane	0
मोकाणी	mokani	0
लोहणी	lohani	0
मोहेन	mohena	0
मोहजे	mohaje	0
मोन	mona	0
महन	mahana	0
मोहासे	mohase	0
पोहाणे	pohane	0
ओमन	omana	0
धण	dhana	0
कोहाने	kohane	0
रोहणे	rohane	0
महान	mahana	0
मोरन	morana	0
ोधान	odhana	0
मेहन	mehana	0
मोहं	moham	0
मोलाणे	molane	0
मोगणे	mogane	0
पोहने	pohane	0
मॊहन	mohana	0
लोहाना	lohana	0
हाञे	hane	0
पोहाने	pohane	0
मोहर	mohara	0
गोहने	gohane	0
़मोहन	mohana	0
योहान	yohana	0
हने	hane	0
मोहपे	mohape	0
मॉहन	mohana	0
्हाण	hana	0
भाना	bhana	0
धन	dhana	0
ओहाळ	ohala	0
फन	phana	0
नोहन	nohana	0
खान	khana	0
गोहणे	gohane	0
सोहन	sohana	0
रोहन	rohana	0
हण	hana	0
घन	ghana	0
मोहाडे	mohade	0
मोहम	mohama	0
ओहळ	ohala	0
मोहारे	mohare	0
मोहने	mohane	0
मोहल	mohala	0
फाण	phana	0
मोहरे	mohare	0
मोहोन	mohona	0
मोहऩ	mohana	0
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Mohan in the Hindi language
मोहन	mohana	91.65
मोहनलाल	mohanalala	6.88
मॊहन	mohana	0.05
मोहान	mohana	0.01
गोहन	gohana	0
मोहन॰	mohana	0
़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़मोहन	mohana	0
मोहनी	mohani	0
मोहिन	mohina	0
साहनी	sahani	0
मोन	mona	0
्मोहन	mohana	0
खां	kham	0
मोहऩ्	mohan	0
मोहुन	mohuna	0
योहन	yohana	0
माहन	mahana	0
मोहं	moham	0
सोहन	sohana	0
मोवन	movana	0
मोहना	mohana	0
मोहण	mohana	0
मोहर	mohara	0
मोहऩ	mohana	0
़मोहन	mohana	0
मोहल	mohala	0
मोहन्	mohan	0
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Mohan in the Tibetan language
མོ་ཧན་	mohen	72.31
མོ་ཧཱན་	mohen	17.69
མོ་ཧོན་	mohön	7.69
མོན་ཧན་	mönhen	0.77
མོ་ཧད་	mohé	0.77
མོ་ཧཱོན་	mohen	0.77
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Mohan in the Arabic language
موهان	mwhan	-

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