Dehan is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dehan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: The name is carried in the Nord department and Belgium, Picardy, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine (54). It most often refers to the one who comes from a place called Han or Ham (name of several communes), place-name of Germanic origin evoking a meandering river, a strip of land in the flood zone. However, in Flanders, we think rather a variant of De Haan (qv).

How popular is Dehan?

Dehan is ranked 187607 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dehans plummeted by 9.574468 per cent to 170 since 2000 and slipped by 14075 spots and ranked at 105079. 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 92.94 95.21
Dehan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Mauritania. Around 1876 people have been found who wears Dehan as their family name. Dehan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
179,761 Australia6
823,980 India6
381,097 Ukraine4
46,068 Philippines3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
201,317 England2
10,858 Tunisia2
50,640 Switzerland2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
28,746 Algeria1
151,601 Spain1
10,958 Bangladesh1
880 Djibouti1
118,015 Netherlands1
172,258 Germany1
29,595 Iran1
7,292 Vietnam1
53,505 Turkey1
38,841 Scotland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
93,878 Canada28
277,692 Indonesia21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Dehan:
10,175 France894
79,934 United States298
9,543 Belgium193
8,390 Israel130
2,514 Mauritania126
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Dehan from Ireland aboard the Robert Parks from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 19 years old when she arrived in USA on May 25, 1846. 17 years old May Dehan, Workwoman Catherine Dehan, Pat Dehan, aged 29, 27 years old Ross Dehan, Ann Dehan (4), 2 years old John Dehan, Kate Dehan, aged 30, Margaret Dehan (50), are other Dehan that migrated to US.

Comments

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Luigi Buttrey
Dehan is a family name for the native name han Original locality (Meuse, Moselle), derived from the Germanic ham, curvature in a bank, a designated place located in a meander of a river.

Dehan Namesakes

  • Gary Dehan, Voice actor
  • Rashad Dehan, Actor

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