# Annan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/annan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,017 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,572 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 303,585 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (733 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Annan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Annan in Ghana, Australia and the United States.

## People named Annan

- Kofi Annan, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
- Alyson Annan, Australian field hockey player (born 1973)
- Beulah Annan, American suspected murderer (1899–1928)

## Similar surnames

Amin, Aman, Auman, Amann, Ammon, Amon, Amen, Ammann, Amini, Anyanwu, Ameen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.