Burhan

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Burhan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Kanıt, delil, ispat.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 474K
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 1.1K

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)

≈64,000 people, est.

Sources
127 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Kanıt, delil, ispat.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Burhan 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 Burhan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#261≈64,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Burhan126
PK Pakistan—≈33,000 est.≈1 in 7.2K—Burhan46
AF Afghanistan—≈5,700 est.≈1 in 6.4K—Burhan11
CN China—≈4,100 est.≈1 in 342K—Burhan7
XK Kosovo—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 1.1K962—5
US United States—7021 in 474K694Burhan127
CY Cyprus#422≈260 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Burhan16

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; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Burhan is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Türkiye, United Kingdom

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Bürhan, Burhān, B'Urhan, Bürhäñ, Búrhán

  • Hindi given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

    Also written বুরহান, Burhaan, বরহান, Burhanu, Bürhan

  • French given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Türkiye, United States

    Also written Bűŕhäñ, Bùrhân, Bürhan, Búrhân

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Burḥan, Burhân, Bürhān, Burhān, Bürhan

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bürhan, Burhān

  • Bulgarian given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye, Croatia, Slovenia

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish

    Also written Bürhan, Бурхан, Burhān, Burkhan, Bůřhåņ

  • Swahili given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Türkiye, Tanzania

    Also written Bürhan

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Burhan is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, proof, evidence; clear demonstration

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • BUTRUS

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

  • In Arabic, proof. Sele 33 WLI! Walk aS Ge gla» "O mankind! A proof has now come to you from your Lord." (surat al-Nisaa’ 4:174)

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • In Arabic, proof, evidence

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

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)

12001400160018002000Kadi Burhan al-Din, b. 1345Saadat Ali Khan I, b. 1680Borhan Şahidi, b. 1894Burhan Belge, b. 1899Burhan Sargın, b. 1929Burhan Ghalioun, b. 1945Burhan Sönmez, b. 1965Burhan Qurbani, b. 1980Burhan Muzaffar Wani, b. 1994

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 70 sources across 39 countries.

Official registers attesting Burhan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020217#91,198
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010128#132,206

Reference works 8

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 Burhan mean?
Recorded meaning: Kanıt, delil, ispat.
Is Burhan a male or female name?
Burhan 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 Burhan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named Burhan in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled burhan.
How common is the name Burhan?
In the United States, the national register counted 702 people named Burhan in 2020, about 1 in 474 thousand residents.
How common is Burhan compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Burhan is the 261st 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, “Burhan” — the 261st most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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