# Supan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/supan/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 584 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 528,674 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (503 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Austrian German Supan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). * Germanized form of Slovene Zupan, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). * Borrowed from Tagalog Supan, a surname predominantly found in Central Luzon region.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Supan 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) | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 23% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Supan in Austria–Hungary.

## People named Supan

- Alexander Georg Supan, Austrian geographer (1847-1920)

## Similar surnames

Spann, Spain, Spano, Spahn, Span, Sabin, Savino, Spina, Schiavone, Spohn, Spoon, Sabino.

## 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.