How common is the surname Than?

1,983 people in the United States had the surname Than in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,696 Americans. It ranked 14,930th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Than?

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

Where is the surname Than most common?

Wikidata records people named Than in Hungary.

Is the surname Than getting more or less common?

More common. 1,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,983 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Than

A Burmese surname, carried by 1,983 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Than is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Burmese origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,983 people named Than in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,696 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,429.

#14,930

rank among US surnames

1,983

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+38.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,008)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,930	Delaluz	1,983	155,696
#14,933	Sutliff	1,982	155,775
#14,937	Einhorn	1,981	155,853

Who is named Than

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

94% of people named Than identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Thans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Than

Than has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

Questions

Where does the surname Than come from?: Borrowing from Burmese သန်း (san:) or Khmer ថន (thɑɑn).
How common is the surname Than?: 1,983 people in the United States had the surname Than in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,696 Americans. It ranked 14,930th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Than?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Than identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Than?: Carl von Than, Austro-Hungarian chemist (1834-1908).
Where is the surname Than most common?: Wikidata records people named Than in Hungary.
Is the surname Than getting more or less common?: More common. 1,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,983 in 2010, up 39%.