How common is the surname Kahan?

2,133 people in the United States had the surname Kahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,747 Americans. It ranked 14,093rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kahan?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Kahan?

Noah Kahan, American singer-songwriter (born 1997), followed by Steve Kahan.

Where is the surname Kahan most common?

Wikidata records people named Kahan in the United States.

Is the surname Kahan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,133 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Kahan

A surname, carried by 2,133 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kahan is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,133 people named Kahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,747 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,977.

#14,093

rank among US surnames

2,133

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,084	Youngberg	2,135	144,611
#14,090	Cumbie	2,134	144,679
#14,093	Cull	2,133	144,747
#14,096	Vanpatten	2,132	144,815

Who is named Kahan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Kahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kahans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Noah Kahan
American singer-songwriter (born 1997)
Steve Kahan
American actor (1939-2019)
Judith Kahan
American actress, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kahan

Kahan has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

Questions

How common is the surname Kahan?: 2,133 people in the United States had the surname Kahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,747 Americans. It ranked 14,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kahan?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Kahan?: Noah Kahan, American singer-songwriter (born 1997), followed by Steve Kahan.
Where is the surname Kahan most common?: Wikidata records people named Kahan in the United States.
Is the surname Kahan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,133 in 2010, up 7.9%.