Carlàn

given name · Latin script

Carlàn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Carolan.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 629K(measured from records)
  • RORomania≈1 in 37K
  • SESweden≈1 in 204K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,000 people, est.

Sources
157 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Carlan in US United States, GB United Kingdom, RO Romania and 3 more.

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)

Variant of Carolan.

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Carlàn 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.

Where Carlàn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈6,000 est.≈1 in 232K—Carlan2
RO Romania≈580 est.≈1 in 37K—Carlan26
US United States5291 in 629K532Carlan157
IT Italy≈180 est.≈1 in 348K—Carlan9
BR Brazil≈150 est.≈1 in 1.4M266—2
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 601KlistedCarlan38
SE Sweden≈50 est.≈1 in 204K—Carlan1

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 2000; IBGE — Nomes (census name API). 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Carlàn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Carlàn mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Carolan. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
Is Carlàn a male or female name?
Carlàn is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Carlàn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.0 thousand people named Carlàn in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled carlan.
How common is the name Carlàn?
In the United States, the national register counted 529 people named Carlàn in 2010, about 1 in 629 thousand residents.

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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, “Carlàn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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