Chan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Chan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chan family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Shoe Maker 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Chan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Chan 8
John Chan 7
William Chan 7
Elizabeth Chan 4
Ann Chan 3
Edward Chan 3
Emma Chan 3
Hannah Chan 3
Harry Chan 3
Henry Chan 3
Thomas Chan 3
Alfred Chan 2
Catherine Chan 2
Chan Chan 2
Choi Chan 2
Chok Chan 2
Eliza Chan 2
George Chan 2
Ho Chan 2
Hong Chan 2
Isaac Chan 2
James Chan 2
Jane Chan 2
Joseph Chan 2
Kinn Chan 2

Chan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cohen 60% 43,662
2 Cohn 50% 843
3 Cohan 80% 751
4 Chin 75% 615
5 Chine 60% 512
6 China 60% 477
7 Cheen 60% 333
8 Cohin 60% 331
9 Chun 75% 253
10 Chune 60% 241
11 Chain 80% 215
12 Chane 80% 205
13 Chan 100% 148
14 Chen 75% 131
15 Cohoon 50% 100

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The surname Chan is the 13th most popular variant of Cohen.

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