Ан
surname · Cyrillic script
Meaning: nevertheless; but in fact
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/an/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ан is a surname written in the Cyrillic script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- RURussia≈1 in 31K(inferred from the name graph)
- KZKazakhstan1 in 120K
- UAUkraine≈1 in 133K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ан itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 140 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
10,567 named Ahn, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kyrgyzstan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ahn in US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nevertheless; but in fact
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ан counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 10,567as Ahn | 1 in 31K | 11K | Ahn | 56 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Ан | 140 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Ан | 17 |
| BE Belgium | — | 330as Ahn | 1 in 36K | 330 | — | 7 |
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | Ан | 30 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Ан | 11 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #943 | 159 | 1 in 120K | 176 | Ан | 41 |
| FI Finland | — | 113as An | 1 in 49K | 347 | — | 2 |
10,567 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Kazakhs, by region of residence; 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Russians, by region of residence; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ан is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In kca-nor, cup, teacup
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cv, don't!
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ab, mother
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- An Jung-geunb. 1879KPnot in their usual nameKorean independence activist (1879–1910)
- Philip Ahnb. 1905USKorean-American actor (1905–1978)
- Ahn Cheol-soob. 1962KRSouth Korean politician, medical doctor, businessperson, software entrepreneur and tenured professor
- Ahn Jung-hwanb. 1976KRSouth Korean association football player
- An Yong-hakb. 1978KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean association football player
- Andrew Ahnb. 1980USAmerican filmmaker
- Viktor Ahnb. 1985KRKorean-Russian short track speed skater
- Liu Yifeib. 1987CNnot in their usual nameChinese-American actress and singer (born 1987)
- Ahn Hyo-seopb. 1995CACanadian-Korean actor and singer
- An Se-youngb. 2002KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean badminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZ Kazakhstan | 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Russians, by region of residence | 2021 | 176 | #2,461 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Kazakhs, by region of residence | 2021 | 159 | #11,948 |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ан mean, and where does it come from?
- nevertheless; but in fact Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Ан?
- A machine transcription gives /an/ (IPA) for Russian.
- In which country does Ан have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Ahn, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ан?
- In Kazakhstan, the national register counted 159 people named Ан in 2021, about 1 in 120 thousand residents.
- How common is Ан compared with other names?
- In Kazakhstan, Ан is the 943rd most common surname of 962,639 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ан?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%D0%B0%D0%BDThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ан” — the 943rd most common surname in Kazakhstan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.