Cahan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cahan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cahan

How popular is Cahan?

Cahan is ranked 193012 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cahans plummeted by 6.25 per cent to 360 since 2000 and slipped by 5686 spots and ranked at 56710. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.56 93.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.94 3.65
Others 1.39 0
Cahan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Turkey. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Israel. Around 1806 people have been found who wears Cahan as their family name. Cahan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
567,967 Indonesia6
179,761 Australia6
124,220 Italy2
38,841 Scotland1
30,360 Thailand1
62,864 New Zealand1
12,741 Ecuador1
172,258 Germany1
40,340 Malaysia1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
103,933 Canada25
9,426 Azerbaijan22
155,219 England16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
11,321 Israel94
170,593 India92
Countries with hundreds of Cahan:
9,208 Turkey838
45,255 United States600

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Cahan worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for Maryland from Liverpool on Queen Of The West and arrived on April 11, 1846. 23 years old Bridget Cahan, Mary Cahan (21) Immigrant, James Cahan (25) Workman, 16 years old Mary Cahan, James Cahan, aged 30, 19 years old Ellen Cahan, Bridget Cahan (18), 25 years old Edmond Cahan, and 15 other Cahan around 53.33% of whom were workman while others worked as soap boiler and spinster migrated to US.

Comments

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Fidel Sande
 Cahan is a name that represents the variant cahen, israelite name from the Hebrew kohen, designating the priest.

Cahan Namesakes

  • Abraham Cahan, Editor
  • Abraham Cahan, Editor
  • Alaska Cahan, Anne Vyalitsyna's daughter
  • Blerta Cahani, Actress
  • Cora Cahan, Bernard Gersten's wife
  • George Cahan, Television Director
  • Irena Cahani, Actor
  • Irena Cahani, Actor
  • Kitra Cahana, Photographer
  • Mendy Cahan, Film actor

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