Nan Surname
Approximately 441,714 people bear this surname
Nan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 293,426 | 1:4,660 | 193 |
| Myanmar | 65,432 | 1:794 | 95 |
| Cambodia | 31,287 | 1:495 | 123 |
| India | 24,662 | 1:31,103 | 2,285 |
| Thailand | 6,478 | 1:10,904 | 642 |
| Romania | 5,873 | 1:3,419 | 470 |
| Malaysia | 1,442 | 1:20,454 | 1,913 |
| Egypt | 1,403 | 1:65,528 | 6,121 |
| Iran | 1,302 | 1:58,973 | 6,363 |
| United States | 1,015 | 1:357,102 | 31,891 |
| Vietnam | 979 | 1:94,633 | 700 |
| Ivory Coast | 691 | 1:33,388 | 2,230 |
| Taiwan | 666 | 1:35,202 | 432 |
| Singapore | 642 | 1:8,579 | 478 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Indonesia | 511 | 1:258,805 | 23,493 |
| Japan | 396 | 1:322,839 | 11,531 |
| United Arab Emirates | 341 | 1:26,869 | 2,988 |
| Argentina | 335 | 1:127,592 | 10,803 |
| Hong Kong | 323 | 1:22,710 | 468 |
| Netherlands | 316 | 1:53,440 | 9,173 |
| Uruguay | 300 | 1:11,439 | 1,286 |
| Canada | 269 | 1:136,972 | 14,140 |
| Italy | 251 | 1:243,652 | 33,025 |
| Brazil | 207 | 1:1,034,176 | 36,449 |
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| Pakistan | 202 | 1:884,376 | 12,097 |
| Spain | 181 | 1:258,299 | 16,363 |
| Russia | 159 | 1:906,434 | 71,932 |
| Cameroon | 154 | 1:134,864 | 15,121 |
| Afghanistan | 142 | 1:226,431 | 4,024 |
| France | 137 | 1:484,837 | 68,361 |
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Australia | 111 | 1:243,205 | 22,593 |
| England | 101 | 1:551,664 | 33,983 |
| Benin | 99 | 1:104,400 | 11,784 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Ecuador | 92 | 1:172,890 | 7,459 |
| South Korea | 91 | 1:563,080 | 262 |
| Ukraine | 67 | 1:679,443 | 71,859 |
| New Zealand | 57 | 1:79,444 | 11,532 |
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Philippines | 44 | 1:2,300,869 | 126,392 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| Kazakhstan | 22 | 1:803,750 | 51,043 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Serbia | 15 | 1:476,330 | 19,508 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Armenia | 9 | 1:325,576 | 7,297 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 1:746,582 | 48,952 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 117 | 1:429,220 | 31,367 |
The alternate forms: Nán (13), Nãn (1) & Ñan (1) are calculated separately.
Nan (2,256,514) may also be a first name.
Nan Demographics
Average Male Nan Height
173.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Nan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nan (Arabic: نان, Georgian: ნან, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻥ, Hindi: नान, Marathi: नान, Oriya: ନାନ, Russian: Нан, Tibetan: ནན་) is more frequently found in China than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Nán, Nãn or Ñan. Click here for further potential spellings of Nan.
How Common Is The Last Name Nan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,206th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,498 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Nan live; 67 percent live in East Asia and 67 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 256th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 2,256,514 people.
Nan is most commonly used in China, where it is held by 293,426 people, or 1 in 4,660. Outside of China this last name occurs in 118 countries. It also occurs in Myanmar, where 15 percent reside and Cambodia, where 7 percent reside.
Nan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nan surname expanded 868 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 777 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 767 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nan surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Christian (73%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Nan surname are 5.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.68% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 66.84% less than the national average, earning €9,958 per year; in South Africa they earn 57.3% more than the national average, earning R 373,800 per year; in United States they earn 4.43% less than the national average, earning $41,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.01% less than the national average, earning $46,699 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nan in the Georgian language | ||
| ნან | nan | - |
| Nan in the Tibetan language | ||
| ནན་ | nen | - |
| Nan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻥ | alnan | 83.33 |
| ﻧﺎﻥ | nan | 16.67 |
| Nan in the Hindi language | ||
| नान | nana | 76.29 |
| नन्द | nanda | 5.12 |
| नन्दू | nandu | 3.71 |
| नन्दु | nandu | 2.75 |
| नन | nana | 2.72 |
| नन्दलाल | nandalala | 2.49 |
| नन् | nan | 0.44 |
| Nan in the Marathi language | ||
| नान | nana | 72.78 |
| नन | nana | 20.71 |
| नंद | nanda | 3.55 |
| Nan in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାନ | nana | 38.46 |
| ନନ | nana | 28.85 |
| ନଁ | nam | 15.38 |
| ନଂ | nam | 7.69 |
| ନାନ୍ | nan | 3.85 |
| ନନ୍ | nan | 0.64 |
| Nan in the Russian language | ||
| Нан | nan | - |
| Nan in the Arabic language | ||
| نان | nan | - |
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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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- 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 Nan
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