Nan is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nan
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nan

How popular is Nan?

Nan is common in China.

Nan is ranked 1782 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nans grew by 71.77778 per cent to 773 since 2000 and ranked 30277 after elevating 14618 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 67.14 55.78
White 26.78 35.11
Others 2.72 2.67
Hispanic or Latino 1.42 4.44
Nan is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Myanmar is ahead in terms of density. Around 304004 people have been found who wears Nan as their family name. Nan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
51,441 Kyrgyzstan8
1,377 South Korea6
3,259 Ivory Coast5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
2,403 Vietnam4
2,871 Iraq4
30,723 Georgia3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
54,641 Sweden2
44,018 Poland2
14,004 Hungary2
8,995 Uganda2
24,766 Scotland2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
13,552 Qatar2
1,421 Gabon2
14,521 Portugal2
883 Macau2
31,584 Peru1
4,942 Libya1
38,830 Morocco1
16,283 Lithuania1
17,575 Kuwait1
6,033 Benin1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
1,819 Laos1
31,207 Ireland1
5,467 Haiti1
7,191 Afghanistan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
10,958 Bangladesh1
14,373 Jordan1
123,175 Tanzania1
3,307 Malta1
717 Bhutan1
880 Djibouti1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
17,768 Pakistan1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
8,371 Syria1
10,683 Cyprus1
4,435 Togo1
14,644 Tunisia1
19,810 Croatia1
3,275 Nepal1
24,771 Colombia1
17,236 Ghana1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,024 Mongolia1
3,952 Yemen1
25,746 Finland1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,510 Denmark49
20,906 Israel47
23,537 Switzerland45
6,540 Burkina Faso44
50,912 Kazakhstan43
21,901 Chile27
53,698 Belarus18
3,918 Japan17
20,800 Serbia15
6,829 Armenia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
3,193 Estonia77
56,973 South Africa73
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
10,189 New Zealand66
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Nan:
17,255 Philippines838
536 Taiwan811
8,360 Argentina642
16,171 Germany639
5,928 Saudi Arabia577
6,268 Cameroon496
23,167 Indonesia478
13,246 Algeria446
11,329 Mexico393
31,115 Brazil382
16,300 England344
43,432 Russia336
1,370 Uruguay330
33,969 France294
31,514 Italy291
12,166 Spain291
13,479 Canada281
10,266 Netherlands275
1,329 Hong Kong190
2,273 Singapore166
17,712 Australia147
5,401 Ecuador138
38,317 Ukraine137
Countries with thousands of Nan:
686 Romania3,883
899 Cambodia1,954
3,793 Egypt1,941
25,481 India1,515
1,921 Malaysia1,442
6,246 Turkey1,363
28,532 United States1,053
86 Thailand1,040
Countries with ten thousands of Nan:
183 Myanmar27,001
Countries with hundred thousands of Nan:
244 China253,044
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Frazer Nan was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 30, 1851. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took John And Lucy from Liverpool. Mrs Nan, aged 30, Mick Nan (5), 3 years old John Nan, Infant Mary Nan, are other Nan that migrated to US.

From Italy

Giovanni-Battista Nan worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 33 years old embarked for New York from Genoa & Gibraltar on Werra and arrived on March 28, 1892. Pietro Nan (33), are others that migrated to US.

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Nan is an Occitan name, meaning dwarf, nicknamed designating a small man.

Nan Namesakes

  • Sampath Nandi, Film director
  • Abrewa Nana, Singer-songwriter
  • Abelardo René Nanita, Author
  • Eng Abner Nangwale, Politician
  • Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai, Professional Boxer
  • Pong Nan, Singer-songwriter
  • Elizabeth Nana Adjoa Ntim, Funny Face's wife
  • Adnan Nan, Soccer player
  • Suresh Nanda, Businessman
  • Agnese Nano, Film actress

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