Alan is used as a family name or surname in British, Slavonic, Irish and Gaelic. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alan
No. of characters: 4
Origin: British, Slavonic, Irish and Gaelic
Meaning: Derived from the Slavonic and British Aland, a wolf dog, a hound. It can also be a corruption of Aelianus that means sun-bright. However in Gaelic, Aluinn means exceedingly fair, elegant, lovelly or handsome while in Irish Alun signifies fair or beautiful.

How popular is Alan?

Alan is common in Turkey.

Alan is ranked 7670 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Alan bearers increased by 3.717201 per cent in 2010 US census to 1423 since 2000, the surname slipped by 563 spots and ranked at 19114. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.16 60.79
Black 15.67 19.17
Hispanic or Latino 10.05 8.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.1 4.96
Others 2.53 5.03
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 1.31
Alan is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Turkey which signifies that it is originated from Turkey. Around 70606 people have been found who wears Alan as their family name. Alan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,940 Japan8
16,722 Nigeria8
20,929 Azerbaijan7
98,953 Belarus7
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
5,340 Iceland6
4,921 Uganda5
2,967 Vietnam3
3,861 Syria3
14,126 Colombia3
35,184 Poland3
6,779 Nicaragua3
4,915 Panama3
7,294 Kuwait3
2,935 Angola3
3,478 Haiti2
21,929 Algeria2
5,671 Guatemala2
31,767 Greece2
23,344 Austria2
1,753 Cuba2
1,389 Barbados2
2,449 Yemen2
10,211 Bulgaria2
14,004 Hungary2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
3,437 Sudan2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
23,858 Iran2
10,183 Jordan2
1,848 Madagascar2
1,256 Myanmar2
13,606 Senegal1
1,819 Laos1
11,510 Oman1
1,879 Belize1
38,830 Morocco1
2,724 New Caledonia1
10,190 Bahrain1
2,196 Liberia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
16,283 Lithuania1
846 American Samoa1
2,309 Monaco1
7,847 Albania1
6,967 Macedonia1
90,903 Moldova1
5,924 Paraguay1
7,314 Bolivia1
11,923 Slovenia1
971 Seychelles1
4,435 Togo1
2,057 Isle of Man1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
8,181 Botswana1
6,212 Jamaica1
19,810 Croatia1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,505 Congo1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
16,073 Latvia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
14,618 Guyana1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
43,350 Spain48
33,012 Belgium45
15,412 Denmark34
4,169 Cyprus26
4,647 Thailand21
28,338 Norway20
162,376 Ukraine20
1,286 Malta16
55,829 Zimbabwe16
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
578 China100
414 Brunei99
2,305 Northern Ireland95
26,761 Netherlands93
11,021 Chile81
20,675 Czech Republic80
134,428 Russia79
6,658 Uruguay73
14,658 Israel71
14,205 Sweden65
17,456 Switzerland63
7,402 Portugal55
43,380 Kazakhstan52
Countries with hundreds of Alan:
478 Taiwan985
10,993 Germany908
3,496 Peru869
6,641 Pakistan754
43,370 India741
7,880 Egypt715
5,446 Cameroon595
16,634 France576
9,056 Kenya549
8,834 Tanzania547
5,579 Australia531
10,751 Argentina508
6,803 Saudi Arabia500
14,763 South Africa420
7,729 Ghana320
646 Costa Rica306
13,406 Canada282
1,039 Hong Kong249
1,759 Singapore231
38,007 Italy224
4,770 United Arab Emirates206
11,099 Romania188
2,197 Wales181
3,510 Scotland177
8,460 Venezuela176
2,996 Ireland136
5,943 Ecuador115
6,646 New Zealand111
Countries with thousands of Alan:
1,739 Brazil8,872
2,227 Bangladesh4,469
9,478 United States3,880
1,255 Iraq3,418
5,835 Indonesia2,362
1,385 Malaysia2,150
3,840 England1,963
8,412 Philippines1,740
4,263 Mexico1,544
Countries with ten thousands of Alan:
448 Turkey26,657
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old maid Anne Alan who was residing in Belfast, Ireland migrated to USA on August 28, 1849 by Jenny Lind put out from Belfast. Margaret Alan (26) Workwoman, are other Alan that migrated to US.

Comments

C
Clinton Huntington
Alan is a Breton or meridionale as Alain, Christian name and patronymeNom several saints, from the Latin Alanus, barbarian tribe ethnic name came from Scythia.

Alan Namesakes

    Lori Alan, American actress and voice actress known for her dubbing work as "The Boss" in the Metal Gear Solid 3
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  • Fairbairn Alan, from 2014 documentary, news flick Tout va bien (1er commandement du clown), who characterized N.

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