Cahn is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cahn
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cahn

How popular is Cahn?

Cahn is common in United States.

Cahn is ranked 94018 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cahns plummeted by 1.66546 per cent to 1358 since 2000 and slipped by 1342 spots and ranked at 19803. 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 89.84 90.88
Black 5.52 4.49
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.84 1.59
Others 0.52 0
Cahn is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 4521 people have been found who wears Cahn as their family name. Cahn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,270 Hong Kong3
11,342 Uruguay3
118,441 Germany2
19,046 Ireland2
53,505 Turkey1
151,601 Spain1
174,544 Czech Republic1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
37,493 Austria1
31,584 Peru1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,179 Swaziland1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
20,172 Hungary1
17,768 Pakistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
61,670 Canada48
23,537 Switzerland45
43,851 Netherlands44
18,843 Chile36
43,662 Belgium30
32,811 Sweden29
15,050 Singapore18
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
Countries with hundreds of Cahn:
9,477 France955
19,321 South Africa310
22,861 England220
5,220 Israel212
33,601 Argentina149
Countries with thousands of Cahn:
15,022 United States2,244
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer Abraham Cahn and farmer Febbe Cahn from Great Britain aboard the Midas from Liverpool during the Irish famine. Abraham is registered to be 26 years old when he arrived in USA on July 11, 1851.

Comments

E
Efren Millman
 Cahn is a surname israelite representing an ancient priestly caste, derived from the Hebrew kohen designating the priest.

Cahn Namesakes

  • Dann Cahn, Film Editor
  • Debora Cahn, Television writer
  • Sammy Cahn, Lyricist
  • Max Cahner, Politician
  • Sir Julien Cahn's XI cricket team in Ceylon in 1936–37, Musical Album
  • Sammy Cahn, Lyricist
  • Dann Cahn, Film Editor
  • Dann Cahn, Edward L. Cahn's brother
  • Debora Cahn, Television writer
  • Robert W. Cahn, Researcher
  • In 2011 comedy, drama movie, Chameleon Code, Sanna Cahn portrayed Kat.

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