Schan is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Schan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

The lastname Schan is a form of Lequesne. Provincial French for le chene, the Oak.

Schan is variant form of Chesnut. The tree-from residence near a remarkable one.

Is a form of Duchesne. Of the oak.

The is a variation of the Shand. One who came from Chandai, in France.

A variant form of Shaine. The beautiful or handsome person.

A variant form of Shand. Said to be a corruption of De Champ or Deschamps. In Scotland it was anciently written Schand, and latinized Schandaus. It is of course of French origin, though of earlier importation than the Rev. of the Ed. of Nantes, 1685, as asserted in Notes & Qu. Philibert de Shaunde was created Earl of Bath in 1485; but nothing is known of him except that he was a native of Brittany. The name is common in the shires of Aberdeen and Banff.

How popular is Schan?

Schan is common in United States, Germany.

Schan is ranked 569271 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Schans plummeted by 16.46 per cent to 137 since 2000 and slipped by 23628 spots and ranked at 125282. The last name was found in merely 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.05 92.68
Hispanic or Latino 6.57 0
Schan is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Canada have the last name. Around 554 people have been found who wears Schan as their family name. Schan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Schan:
131,925 United States175
46,627 Germany141
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,054 Canada100
196,136 India75
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
251,814 France14
61,025 Austria12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
184,742 England8
168,491 Argentina8
150,293 Malaysia7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

26 years old farmer Frieder. Schan who was residing in Wurtemberg migrated to USA on December 3, 1852 by Admiral put out from Havre. Caroline Schan (Born at sea), 38 years old Dore. Schan, 6 years old Ernestine Schan, Friedrich Schan (19), Daughter Johanne Schan, Louis Schan, aged 7, 48 years old T.F. Schan, Caroline Schan, aged 21, and 60 other Schan majority of whom were farmer and others worked as daughter and carpenter, baker, painter, merchant, joiner, laborer migrated to US.

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