# Kazan (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 564 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,052 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 547,421 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (543 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname. * Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”). * Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kazan 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kazan in the United States.

## People named Kazan

- Zoe Kazan, American actress
- Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer (born 1940)
- Maya Kazan, American actress
- Nicholas Kazan, American screenwriter

## Similar surnames

Kagan, Keegan, Kogan, Kuzma, Kochan, Kozma, Kassim, Kazmi, Kawakami, Kocian, Kassem, Kissane.

## 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.