as a Last Name
- 14,277
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Mahan
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Macháin ‘descendant of Machán’, which Woulfe suggests is a variant of Mochán, a diminutive of moch ‘early’, itself a short form of a name formed with this element, of which there are several, and a variant of Mohan of Kilmacduagh in County Galway.
| 2,207th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,277
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Mahan per capita
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