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

Family Name / Last Name: Kähn
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Alsatian alternative (and German) Cohen (qv). With the same meaning: Kaan, Kahan, Kahane, Kahana. When the name is not Jewish, he may designate a German boat, probably a nickname given to a smuggler.

How popular is Kähn?

Kähn is common in United States.

Kähn is ranked 10594 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kahn bearers increased by 0.09608785 per cent in 2010 US census to 14584 since 2000, the surname slipped by 189 spots and ranked at 2473. The last name was found in around 49 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.07 88.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.25 5.4
Hispanic or Latino 3.05 1.99
Black 1.86 1.56
Others 1.23 2.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.42
Kahn is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Marshall Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 50690 people have been found who wears Kahn as their family name. Kahn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
44,793 Kyrgyzstan10
6,940 Japan8
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
13,220 Thailand6
13,336 Qatar6
2,026 Taiwan5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
2,084 Afghanistan5
2,028 Vietnam5
607,991 Indonesia5
7,113 Costa Rica5
4,844 Oman4
8,993 Tunisia3
4,138 Bahrain3
9,097 Wales3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
19,452 Malaysia3
144,472 Kazakhstan3
14,126 Colombia3
2,720 South Korea3
25,074 Greece3
5,443 Dominican Republic2
6,353 Panama2
4,231 Jamaica2
37,372 Georgia2
213 Liechtenstein2
2,794 El Salvador2
20,186 Kenya2
21,929 Algeria2
14,004 Hungary2
18,035 Egypt2
10,284 Kuwait2
40,064 Nigeria2
5,671 Guatemala2
15,705 Cameroon1
510 East Timor1
692 Guinea1
14,373 Jordan1
14,618 Guyana1
25,746 Finland1
8,859 Iraq1
7,847 Albania1
531 Greenland1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
700 Somalia1
971 Seychelles1
8,371 Syria1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,613 The Bahamas1
21,562 Portugal1
7,314 Bolivia1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
13,447 Uganda1
5,924 Paraguay1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,724 New Caledonia1
5,872 Namibia1
2,196 Liberia1
24,421 Slovakia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
44,472 Spain46
396 Marshall Islands35
37,929 United Arab Emirates28
45,718 Philippines28
153,005 Ukraine22
24,256 Saudi Arabia17
14,048 Ireland16
2,892 China15
12,285 Burkina Faso15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
9,157 New Zealand76
7,449 Scotland66
7,779 Uruguay61
10,614 Denmark54
1,061 Luxembourg53
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Kähn:
3,496 Peru869
6,189 Argentina851
6,769 Canada625
6,864 Uzbekistan530
10,396 Mexico445
6,597 Australia438
2,789 Sweden363
3,388 Switzerland342
7,729 Ghana320
18,911 Turkey314
3,731 Chile279
6,872 Austria183
11,191 Belgium163
9,538 Venezuela151
18,144 Netherlands151
1,555 Estonia138
7,422 Pakistan130
15,064 Romania125
6,099 Norway125
89,670 Germany108
107,736 Russia106
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Kähn:
1,261 South Africa5,297
1,837 France3,784
2,650 Bangladesh3,438
15,045 India2,972
596 Israel1,720
4,588 England1,613
8,881 Brazil1,558
Countries with ten thousands of Kähn:
1,750 United States22,624
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Marx Kahn was 21 years old when he migrated to Kansas on April 19, 1882. He lived in Italy where he worked as clerk and took Amerique from Havre.

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Lucila Thor
Kahn is an Israelite family name quite frequent in Alsace-Lorraine and-, derived from the Hebrew meaning kohen priest profession name.

Kähn Namesakes

  • In 2015, Elana Kahn played the role of Lisa and Diana and Courtney in horror movie Once Upon a Deadtime Story.
  • In 2014, Joshua Kahn portrayed the role of Sean Riley in mystery, thriller movie Favorite Refrain.
  • In 2015, Haley Kahn portrayed the role of Simone in adventure and comedy film TangerineLAnd.

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