Cognomen ชวาน (Chawan 
, ชวาน ) , all over the world, is a common surname. The cognomen ชวาน is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Qatar, where it is quite a rare surname, United Arab Emirates, and Oman. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Pakistan, and Iraq. Much less frequently, ชวาน is the forename as well as the last name.