Trahan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Trahan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name focused in the Pas-de-Calais, but also in the Saône-et-Loire where we find the Trahand and Trahant variants. It is the present participle of the verb milk (= shoot, latin trahere), which designated the Middle Ages including a manure fork, but also a fishing net. In all cases, it is a nickname of the user of this tool.

How popular is Trahan?

Trahan is common in United States.

Trahan is ranked 26559 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Trahan bearers increased by 2.774339 per cent in 2010 US census to 14114 since 2000, the surname slipped by 141 spots and ranked at 2560. The last name was found in around 48 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.94 87.6
Black 9.1 8.75
Hispanic or Latino 2.18 1.41
Others 1.42 1.08
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.82 0.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.44
Trahan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Canada is ahead in terms of density. Around 19184 people have been found who wears Trahan as their family name. Trahan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
2,011 South Korea4
32,695 Nigeria3
18,718 Thailand2
95,312 Argentina2
91,784 Netherlands2
118,441 Germany2
31,584 Peru1
2,613 The Bahamas1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
38,841 Scotland1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
34,581 Chile1
289,511 England1
2,578 Guam1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
460,058 India17
Countries with thousands of Trahan:
2,209 Canada2,283
Countries with ten thousands of Trahan:
2,393 United States16,807
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Comments

M
Magaret Swisher
trahan seems to be a variant of Trahand, name from the milking verb meaning fire and can have several meanings the name referred to in French means the fork for manure: probable nickname peasant it also represented a kind of fishing net: sobriquet having been apply to the fisherman.

Trahan Namesakes

  • Arthur Trahan, Lawyer
  • Arita Trahan, Actress
  • D. J. Trahan, Golfer
  • Brody Trahan, Football linebacker
  • Horace Trahan, Musical Artist
  • Blake Trahan, Baseball shortstop
  • Blake Trahan, Baseball shortstop
  • Patrick Trahan, Football player
  • Mark Trahant, Broadcaster
  • Adam Trahan, Actor

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