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found 3,005 people with the surname Kan, making it the 10,647th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 2,705 (10,816th most-common) in the
1116: 1277: 337:). The hanja for this surname is the same one which is used to write the Chinese surname Jiǎn mentioned above. The bearers of this surname in 1394: 956: 684: 634: 1430: 1420: 1425: 1322: 1083: 461: 312: 204: 154: 483:
bore the surname Kan as of 2011. In 1881 there had been seven people in Great Britain with the surname Kan, primarily at
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The 2000 South Korean census found 2,429 people in 753 households with the surname spelled Gan in Revised Romanization.
304: 460:, there were 518 people with the surname Kan as of 2007, up from 246 in 1947. The increase is partly attributable to 1241: 498: 494: 1211: 465: 1237: 946: 348: 214: 164: 308: 856: 390: 184: 352: 1038: 509:. It was the 453rd-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian. 375: 226: 78: 874: 430: 357: 172: 1271: 898: 624: 1073: 1415: 1079: 420: 416: 383: 247: 45: 1347: 759: 438: 258: 86: 29: 25: 1393:
intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
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Additionally, Kan may be a transcription of the common Korean surname
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Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016).
726:(born 1982), South Korean singer, twin brother of Kan Jong-woo 1111: 1109: 1107: 1075:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
429:). This spelling can be found among ethnic Koreans from the 77:, Kan may be a spelling of the pronunciation in different 1262:Куротченко, К. Б.; Леонов, М. В.; Швецов, Ю. И. (2005). 1390: 1016:; born 1978), Chinese-born Japanese table tennis player 834:; born 1936), Hong Kong-born American medical scientist 1180: 1178: 1151:. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group 907:(1976–2002), British-born American computer programmer 895:), American business executive and government official 193:), spelled Kan based on its Cantonese pronunciation ( 1028:; born 1949), Chinese-born American television host 853:(1925–2017), Russian-born Swedish history professor 21: 1169: 1098: 871:; born 1953), Japanese lyricist of Korean descent 81:of the following surnames, listed based on their 925:; born 1990), Japanese actress of Korean descent 568:; died 243), official of the state of Eastern Wu 311:spelling of the uncommon surname spelled in the 1011: 733: 607: 594: 582: 266: 1023: 968:(born 1951), Hong Kong-born British architect 890: 829: 817: 805: 793: 781: 769: 762:(born 1947), Hong Kong technology businessman 709: 697: 678: 666: 647: 628: 563: 551: 539: 527: 424: 8: 920: 866: 751: 745: 400: 394: 369: 363: 330: 320: 16: 1067: 1065: 937:(born 1983), American internet entrepreneur 1276:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 587:; born 1985), Japanese football midfielder 1078:. Oxford University Press. p. 1433. 714:; 1881–1951), Dutch East Indies landowner 544:; born 1992), Chinese wushu taolu athlete 362:. The clan's founding ancestor Gan Gyun ( 199: 149: 1061: 1269: 1004:(born 1950), Dutch field hockey player 962:), Soviet-born American anthropologist 798:; born 1941), Hong Kong martial artist 15: 671:; 1937–2022), Hong Kong horse trainer 599:; born 1946), Japanese Prime Minister 7: 659:), Hong Kong billionaire businessman 261:, Kan may be written using multiple 556:; born 1972), Chinese visual artist 1123:. Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis 992:(born 1995), Russian tennis player 386:, which became the clan hometown. 351:. The most common of these is the 14: 1101:, p. 1433, entries #9 and 10 998:(1911–1983), Dutch cabaret artist 943:(born 1996), New Zealand comedian 756:; born 1982), South Korean singer 471:According to statistics cited by 292:, Kan is one of many variants of 1379:This page lists people with the 1369: 1293:"Koreans in Soviet Central Asia" 1170:Hanks, Coates & McClure 2016 1099:Hanks, Coates & McClure 2016 949:(born 1972), Turkish politician, 931:(1909–1978), Soviet chess player 913:(born 1958), French musicologist 883:(1927–2013), Dutch mathematician 859:(born 1949), Dutch mathematician 702:; born 1936), Hong Kong surveyor 347:, which are hometowns of a clan 1323:"How common is your last name?" 1264:Корейский язык: Учебное пособие 986:(born 1978), Russian politician 901:(1925–2023), Mexican politician 877:, American technology executive 786:; born 1946), Singaporean judge 738:; born 1972), Japanese sprinter 209: 177: 159: 1303:. Finnish Oriental Society: 52 1024: 974:(1936–2023), Turkish violinist 921: 891: 867: 830: 818: 810:; 1978–1999), Hong Kong jockey 806: 794: 782: 774:; 1932–?), Hong Kong architect 770: 752: 746: 710: 698: 679: 667: 648: 629: 564: 552: 540: 528: 475:, 715 people on the island of 401: 395: 370: 364: 331: 321: 136: 130: 100: 94: 93:Kàn (traditional Chinese: 1: 1240:[Gapyeong Gan clan]. 1214:[Gapyeong Gan clan]. 653: 532:; born 1988), Chinese actress 85:spelling (which reflects the 1121:Nederlandse Familienamenbank 980:(born 1971), Nigerian writer 640:), Hong Kong police official 139:), spelled Kan based on its 119:), spelled Kan in the older 1447: 1367: 1186:"행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" 847:, a Hungarian noble family 479:and five on the island of 341:identify with a number of 225:Kan originated both as an 135:; simplified Chinese: 129:(traditional Chinese: 99:; simplified Chinese: 1431:Multiple Chinese surnames 1421:Chinese-language surnames 1242:Academy of Korean Studies 1148:Japanese Names (ENAMDICT) 1012: 734: 608: 595: 583: 495:2010 United States Census 425: 267: 188: 110: 1426:Korean-language surnames 1263: 1172:, p. 1433, entry #7 1397:by adding the person's 690:), Hong Kong politician 250:referring to De Kan in 241: 462:immigration from China 399:; Hanja:  1291:Kho, Songmoo (1987). 1266:. Москва. p. 73. 857:Alexander Rinnooy Kan 513:People with this name 374:), an official under 65:of multiple origins. 1039:Kan (disambiguation) 376:Myeongjong of Goryeo 313:Revised Romanization 227:occupational surname 79:varieties of Chinese 960: 1974–present 875:Dan Kan (executive) 822:), Hong Kong banker 505:, and one-tenth as 431:former Soviet Union 18: 1046:, a German surname 899:Francisco Luna Kan 625:Andrew Kan Kai-yan 393:(Korean:  1402: 1297:Studia Orientalia 1218:. 16 January 2017 947:Ravza Kavakçı Kan 614:, Japanese writer 421:Cyrillic alphabet 417:Kontsevich system 384:Gyeonggi Province 353:Gapyeong Gan clan 309:McCune–Reischauer 305:Yale Romanization 248:toponymic surname 56: 55: 1438: 1401:(s) to the link. 1388: 1373: 1372: 1362: 1361: 1359: 1357: 1344: 1338: 1337: 1335: 1333: 1319: 1313: 1312: 1310: 1308: 1288: 1282: 1281: 1275: 1267: 1259: 1253: 1252: 1250: 1248: 1234: 1228: 1227: 1225: 1223: 1208: 1202: 1201: 1199: 1197: 1182: 1173: 1167: 1161: 1160: 1158: 1156: 1139: 1133: 1132: 1130: 1128: 1113: 1102: 1096: 1090: 1089: 1069: 1027: 1026: 1015: 1014: 961: 958: 924: 923: 894: 893: 870: 869: 833: 832: 821: 820: 809: 808: 797: 796: 785: 784: 773: 772: 760:Paul Kan Man-Lok 755: 754: 749: 748: 737: 736: 713: 712: 701: 700: 689: 686: 682: 681: 670: 669: 658: 655: 651: 650: 639: 636: 632: 631: 613: 611: 610: 598: 597: 586: 585: 567: 566: 555: 554: 543: 542: 531: 530: 439:Sakhalin Koreans 428: 427: 419:spelling in the 414: 413: 398: 397: 373: 372: 367: 366: 361: 336: 335: 324: 323: 284: 283: 259:Japanese surname 216: 211: 201: 192: 179: 166: 161: 151: 138: 134: 118: 102: 98: 89:pronunciation): 87:Mandarin Chinese 19: 1446: 1445: 1441: 1440: 1439: 1437: 1436: 1435: 1406: 1405: 1404: 1403: 1387: 1378: 1374: 1370: 1366: 1365: 1355: 1353: 1346: 1345: 1341: 1331: 1329: 1321: 1320: 1316: 1306: 1304: 1290: 1289: 1285: 1268: 1265: 1261: 1260: 1256: 1246: 1244: 1236: 1235: 1231: 1221: 1219: 1216:Saemangeum Ilbo 1210: 1209: 1205: 1195: 1193: 1184: 1183: 1176: 1168: 1164: 1154: 1152: 1141: 1140: 1136: 1126: 1124: 1115: 1114: 1105: 1097: 1093: 1086: 1071: 1070: 1063: 1058: 1035: 959: 841: 687: 656: 637: 621: 605: 575: 520: 515: 454: 446:Turkish surname 380:Gapyeong County 355: 181:) pronunciation 75:Chinese surname 71: 12: 11: 5: 1444: 1442: 1434: 1433: 1428: 1423: 1418: 1408: 1407: 1376: 1375: 1368: 1364: 1363: 1339: 1314: 1283: 1254: 1229: 1203: 1174: 1162: 1134: 1103: 1091: 1084: 1060: 1059: 1057: 1054: 1053: 1052: 1047: 1041: 1034: 1031: 1030: 1029: 1017: 1005: 999: 993: 987: 981: 975: 969: 963: 950: 944: 938: 932: 926: 914: 908: 902: 896: 884: 878: 872: 860: 854: 851:Aleksander Kan 848: 840: 837: 836: 835: 823: 814:Kan Yuet-keung 811: 799: 787: 775: 763: 757: 739: 727: 721: 715: 703: 691: 672: 660: 641: 620: 617: 616: 615: 600: 588: 574: 571: 570: 569: 557: 545: 533: 519: 516: 514: 511: 453: 450: 444:Kan is also a 301:Korean surname 290:Jewish surname 219: 218: 205:Cantonese Yale 187:(Chinese: 182: 155:Cantonese Yale 124: 109:(Chinese: 104: 70: 67: 54: 53: 23: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1443: 1432: 1429: 1427: 1424: 1422: 1419: 1417: 1414: 1413: 1411: 1400: 1396: 1392: 1391:internal link 1385: 1382: 1352: 1349: 1343: 1340: 1328: 1324: 1318: 1315: 1302: 1298: 1294: 1287: 1284: 1279: 1273: 1258: 1255: 1243: 1239: 1233: 1230: 1217: 1213: 1207: 1204: 1191: 1187: 1181: 1179: 1175: 1171: 1166: 1163: 1150: 1149: 1144: 1138: 1135: 1122: 1118: 1112: 1110: 1108: 1104: 1100: 1095: 1092: 1087: 1085:9780192527479 1081: 1077: 1076: 1068: 1066: 1062: 1055: 1051: 1048: 1045: 1042: 1040: 1037: 1036: 1032: 1021: 1018: 1009: 1006: 1003: 1000: 997: 994: 991: 988: 985: 982: 979: 976: 973: 970: 967: 964: 954: 951: 948: 945: 942: 939: 936: 933: 930: 927: 918: 915: 912: 909: 906: 903: 900: 897: 888: 885: 882: 879: 876: 873: 864: 861: 858: 855: 852: 849: 846: 843: 842: 838: 827: 824: 815: 812: 803: 800: 791: 788: 779: 778:Kan Ting Chiu 776: 767: 764: 761: 758: 743: 740: 731: 730:Masayoshi Kan 728: 725: 724:Kan Jong-wook 722: 719: 716: 707: 704: 695: 692: 676: 673: 664: 661: 645: 642: 626: 623: 622: 618: 604: 601: 592: 589: 580: 577: 576: 572: 561: 558: 549: 546: 537: 534: 525: 522: 521: 518:Surname 闞 (阚) 517: 512: 510: 508: 504: 500: 496: 491: 488: 486: 482: 478: 477:Great Britain 474: 473:Patrick Hanks 469: 467: 463: 459: 451: 449: 447: 442: 440: 436: 432: 422: 418: 412: 408: 404: 392: 387: 385: 381: 378:, settled in 377: 359: 354: 350: 346: 345: 340: 334: 328: 318: 314: 310: 306: 303:, Kan is the 302: 297: 295: 291: 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 264: 260: 255: 253: 249: 245: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 223:Dutch surname 212: 206: 202: 196: 191: 186: 183: 180: 174: 170: 162: 156: 152: 146: 142: 133: 128: 125: 122: 117: 113: 108: 105: 97: 92: 91: 90: 88: 84: 80: 76: 68: 66: 64: 60: 51: 47: 43: 39: 35: 31: 27: 24: 20: 1383: 1377:Surname list 1354:. Retrieved 1342: 1330:. Retrieved 1326: 1317: 1305:. Retrieved 1300: 1296: 1286: 1257: 1245:. Retrieved 1238:"가평간씨(加平簡氏)" 1232: 1220:. Retrieved 1215: 1212:"가평간씨(加平簡氏)" 1206: 1194:. Retrieved 1189: 1165: 1153:. Retrieved 1147: 1137: 1125:. Retrieved 1120: 1094: 1074: 990:Victoria Kan 966:Shiu-Kay Kan 826:Yuet Wai Kan 718:Kan Jong-woo 706:Hok Hoei Kan 694:Kan Fook-yee 688: 2020s 638: 2020s 612:, born 1945) 579:Kazunori Kan 492: 489: 470: 455: 443: 388: 342: 298: 287: 256: 239:Middle Dutch 220: 208: 198: 176: 158: 148: 123:romanisation 72: 58: 57: 52:, and others 1332:5 September 1050:Khan (name) 1020:Yue-Sai Kan 911:Georges Kan 766:Raymond Kan 742:Kan Mi-youn 657: 1951 536:Kan Wencong 499:2000 Census 466:from Turkey 458:Netherlands 435:Koryo-saram 356: [ 329::  319::  28:(including 22:Language(s) 1410:Categories 1399:given name 1307:7 November 1247:5 November 1222:5 November 1196:5 November 1155:7 November 1143:Breen, Jim 1127:5 November 1056:References 1002:Wouter Kan 984:Valery Kan 953:Sergei Kan 941:Raybon Kan 935:Justin Kan 881:Daniel Kan 863:Chinfa Kan 790:Victor Kan 675:Carmen Kan 603:Nobuko Kan 524:Kan Qingzi 452:Statistics 415:) via the 173:Pe̍h-ōe-jī 121:Wade–Giles 1356:8 January 1272:cite book 917:Hanae Kan 887:Derek Kan 802:Willy Kan 663:Brian Kan 644:Billy Kan 619:Surname 簡 591:Naoto Kan 573:Surname 菅 485:Middlesex 141:Cantonese 34:Cantonese 1416:Surnames 1351:Mongabay 1190:bon-gwan 1145:. "かん". 1033:See also 978:Toni Kan 972:Suna Kan 929:Ilya Kan 905:Gene Kan 548:Kan Xuan 409:,  405:,  344:bon-gwan 315:as Gan ( 279:,  275:,  271:,  235:pewterer 195:Jyutping 165:/kɑːn³⁵/ 145:Jyutping 46:Japanese 30:Mandarin 1381:surname 1327:Newsday 996:Wim Kan 652:; born 481:Ireland 456:In the 349:lineage 213:; IPA: 169:Hokkien 163:; IPA: 69:Origins 63:surname 38:Hokkien 26:Chinese 1389:If an 1082:  1008:Yo Kan 750:; 560:Kan Ze 368:; 325:; 317:Korean 265:(e.g. 252:Veurne 237:(from 231:potter 229:for a 215:/kɐn³³ 207:: 197:: 175:: 157:: 147:: 83:Pinyin 50:Korean 1117:"Kan" 839:Other 507:White 503:Asian 360:] 339:Korea 327:Hanja 299:As a 294:Cohen 288:As a 263:kanji 257:As a 167:) or 150:Gaan2 73:As a 61:is a 42:Dutch 1395:link 1358:2018 1334:2018 1309:2018 1278:link 1249:2018 1224:2018 1198:2018 1157:2018 1129:2021 1080:ISBN 1044:Kahn 735:簡 優好 609:菅 伸子 596:菅 直人 584:菅 和範 493:The 464:and 437:and 391:Kang 307:and 221:The 200:Gan3 160:Gaán 127:Jiǎn 1384:Kan 1025:靳羽西 957:fl. 922:韓英恵 892:甘達慶 868:康珍化 845:Kán 831:簡悅威 819:簡悅強 807:簡慧榆 795:簡華捷 783:简廷照 771:簡日淦 753:簡美妍 747:간미연 711:簡福輝 699:簡福飴 685:fl. 680:簡慧敏 668:簡炳墀 649:簡志堅 635:fl. 630:簡啟恩 541:阚文聪 529:阚清子 441:). 426:Кан 285:). 243:kan 233:or 210:Gan 185:Jìn 178:Kán 114:or 107:Gān 59:Kan 40:), 17:Kan 1412:: 1386:. 1325:. 1301:61 1299:. 1295:. 1274:}} 1270:{{ 1177:^ 1119:. 1106:^ 1064:^ 1013:韓陽 683:; 654:c. 633:; 565:闞澤 553:阚萱 487:. 468:. 448:. 382:, 371:簡筠 365:간균 358:ko 296:. 254:. 203:; 153:; 48:, 44:, 36:, 32:, 1360:. 1336:. 1311:. 1280:) 1251:. 1226:. 1200:. 1159:. 1131:. 1088:. 1022:( 1010:( 955:( 919:( 889:( 865:( 828:( 816:( 804:( 792:( 780:( 768:( 744:( 732:( 708:( 696:( 677:( 665:( 646:( 627:( 606:( 593:( 581:( 562:( 550:( 538:( 526:( 433:( 423:( 411:康 407:江 403:姜 396:강 333:簡 322:간 281:寛 277:韓 273:簡 269:菅 217:) 190:靳 171:( 143:( 137:简 132:簡 116:干 112:甘 103:) 101:阚 96:闞

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