Hazzan

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A Jewish cantor in a synagogue

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

/hæzæn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hazzan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 51K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 189K
  • CACanada≈1 in 1.4M

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.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,200 people, est.

Sources
64 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 51K (inferred from the name graph)

Nigeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A Jewish cantor in a synagogue.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hazzan 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 Hazzan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈4,200 est.≈1 in 51K—Hazzan24
US United States≈110 est.≈1 in 3MlistedHazzan64
IL Israel≈46 est.≈1 in 189K—Hazzan6
BR Brazil≈45 est.≈1 in 4.7M—Hazzan3
CA Canada≈26 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Hazzan15
GB United Kingdom≈25 est.≈1 in 2.6M—Hazzan35
CL Chile≈8 est.≈1 in 2.3M1——
PL Poland41 in 9.6M2——

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)

Hazzan is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Hazzán, Hazzàn

  • Hebrew surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Morocco, Qatar, United States

    Also written חזן, Hazan, Hsan, Ḥazan, Ḥazzan

  • Burmese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, Israel

    Also written Hazzàn

36 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)

Hazzan is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • cantor litúrgico; lithurgical singer

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

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)

188019001920194019601980Jacob Chazan, b. 1899Mikhail Khazan, b. 1911Bella Yaari Hazan, b. 1922Haim Hazan, b. 1947Viktor Khazan, b. 1947Yoram Chazan, b. 1971Rita Hazan, b. 1974
  • Jacob Chazanb. 1899ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
  • Mikhail Khazanb. 1911UAnot in their usual nameRussian prosaist (1911-1943)
  • Bella Yaari Hazanb. 1922ILnot in their usual nameJewish resistance and underground activist in Nazi ghettos and camps
  • Haim Hazanb. 1947ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli anthropologist
  • Viktor Khazanb. 1947UAnot in their usual namepolitician
  • Yoram Chazanb. 1971ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli singer
  • Rita Hazanb. 1974USnot in their usual namehair colorist and salon owner
  • David HazzanILresearcher

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)

FormalDear Mr Hazzan,
InformalHi Hazzan,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Hazzan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#336,892
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#335,425
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

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 Hazzan mean, and where does it come from?
A Jewish cantor in a synagogue. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Hazzan?
A machine transcription gives /hæzæn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Hazzan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Hazzan in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hazzan.
How common is the name Hazzan?
In Poland, the national register counted 4 people named Hazzan in 2026, about 1 in 9.6 million 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, “Hazzan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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