Kağan
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kağan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: 1. Hanların hanı, hükümdar.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 7.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- CYCyprus≈1 in 6.4K
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 157K
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.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 87 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kagan in US United States.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. Hanların hanı, hükümdar. 2. Tarihte Çin ve Moğol hükümdarlarına verilen ad.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kağan 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | #879 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | — | Kağan | 87 |
| US United States | — | 739 | 1 in 450K | 2.9K | Kagan | 77 |
| CY Cyprus | #674 | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Kağan | 6 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 74 | 1 in 234K | 74 | Kağan | 11 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈65 est. | ≈1 in 157K | 1 | Kağan | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 212K | 12 | Kağan | 5 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kağan Söylemezgillerb. 1988DETurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Kağan Timurçin Konukb. 1990TRTurkish association football player (born 1990)
- Kağan Bağışb. 1998TRTurkish association football player (born 1998)
- Kağan Kayalıb. 1999TRTurkish association football player (born 1999)
- Kagan Moradaoglub. 2003TRTurkish association football player (born 2003)
- Kagan Aydincelebib. 2003TRTurkish chess player (born 2003)
- Kağan Arıcanb. 2006TRTurkish association football player (born 2006)
- Mehmet Fatih Kağan DeğirmenciTRTurkish researcher
- Kağan KöroğluTRassociation football player
- Kağan ÜçokTRTurkish researcher
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 74 | #5,295 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 33 | #14,865 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics | — | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Kağan mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. Hanların hanı, hükümdar.
- Is Kağan a male or female name?
- Kağan 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.
- What are other forms of the name Kağan?
- In the etymology graph, Kaan and خاقان are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Kağan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Kağan in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kağan.
- How common is the name Kağan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 739 people named Kağan in 2020, about 1 in 450 thousand residents.
- How common is Kağan compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Kağan is the 879th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.
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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, “Kağan” — the 879th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.