# Than (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/than/  
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 | Burmese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,983 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,930 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 155,696 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (1,429 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowing from Burmese သန်း (san:) or Khmer ថន (thɑɑn).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Than 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) | 2.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Than in Hungary.

## People named Than

- Carl von Than, Austro-Hungarian chemist (1834-1908)

## Similar surnames

Then, Thein, Thon, Thain, Tan, Tian, Tann, Tham, Toney, Tamayo, Tam, Tom.

## 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.