Kuan is used as a family name or surname in Malaysia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kuan
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Malaysia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kuan

How popular is Kuan?

Kuan is common in Malaysia.

Kuan is ranked 3430 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kuan bearers increased by 7.112971 per cent in 2010 US census to 1280 since 2000, the surname slipped by 77 spots and ranked at 20676. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 82.19 75.65
Hispanic or Latino 9.77 7.78
White 5.63 13.14
Others 2.11 3.35
Kuan is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Macau is ahead in terms of density. Around 157930 people have been found who wears Kuan as their family name. Kuan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
318,252 Ukraine6
23,739 Nigeria5
8,411 Costa Rica4
2,403 Vietnam4
16,136 Kenya3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
108,034 Italy3
2,720 South Korea3
147,165 Czech Republic2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
23,344 Austria2
19,046 Ireland2
25,721 Egypt1
3,993 El Salvador1
34,581 Chile1
12,741 Ecuador1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
4,249 Cambodia1
165,773 Belarus1
120,357 Argentina1
7,941 Guatemala1
5,467 Haiti1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
5,589 Sudan1
24,176 Qatar1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,024 Mongolia1
16,283 Lithuania1
29,774 Venezuela1
24,460 Armenia1
49,529 Israel1
38,841 Scotland1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
12,974 New Zealand47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
280,332 India40
9,524 Portugal37
28,564 Switzerland36
57,220 Netherlands27
42,407 Sweden22
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
92,589 Brazil79
9,526 Croatia78
133,875 France61
163,498 Russia60
1,794 Thailand56
Countries with hundreds of Kuan:
3,039 Kazakhstan810
472 Hong Kong676
8,397 Canada485
6,076 Peru385
8,934 Australia316
1,570 Honduras296
160 Brunei258
1,106 Nicaragua217
50,182 Germany202
24,611 England199
6,753 Colombia192
21,011 Mexico157
Countries with thousands of Kuan:
4,028 Philippines3,287
209 Singapore2,738
39 Macau2,335
18,297 United States1,785
10,526 Indonesia1,198
Countries with ten thousands of Kuan:
352 China93,171
79 Taiwan26,249
179 Malaysia22,158
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Kuan Namesakes

  • Au-yeong Pak Kuan, Soccer player
  • Fong Po Kuan, Malaysian Politician
  • Bryson Kuan, Actor
  • Maguni Charan Kuanr, Puppeteer
  • Doris Kuang, Television presenter
  • Chen Kuan-tai, Film star
  • Fan Kuan, Painter
  • Lee Kuan Yew, Former Prime Minister of Singapore
  • Fong Po Kuan, Malaysian Politician
  • Chen Kuan-tai, Film star
  • In 2013, Jim Hua Kuan portrayed the role of Personatge 1 and Self - Actors festa '40 anys' in documentary movie Comediants, amb el sol a la maleta.
  • Yung Kuan characterized main character of Liam's Father in 2012 drama, romance movie Girlfriend Boyfriend.
  • Pin Kuan, from 1974 action, drama movie Er long zheng zhu, who played the N.
  • Anthony Kuan, from 2011 comedy flick Salad Days, who portrayed Anthony.

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