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Shan

in the US

There are 1,189 people with the last name "Shan" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Shan 18,882
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  1. is 18,878th most common Pedrick
  2. is 18,879th most common Pettry
  3. is 18,880th most common Porath
  4. is 18,881st most common Scuderi
  5. is 18,882nd most common Shan
  6. is 18,883rd most common Siemer
  7. is 18,884th most common Stainbrook
  8. is 18,885th most common Stepanek
  9. is 18,886th most common Britz

Similar Names and Nicknames

Shannon, Shanks, Swan, Shank, Shane, Shanahan, Shin, Swann, Shen, Shaner

Most Common First Names for Shan

Yu, David, Ying, Jie, Michael, Richard, Linda, Ming

Meaning & History

Chinese 单: from the place name Shan. Cheng Wang, the second king (1115–1079 BC) of the Zhou dynasty, granted to a son the area of Shan, and the son's descendants adopted the place name as their surname.

Chinese 山: from a word meaning ‘mountain’. The legendary emperor Shen Nong (2734–2697 BC) was supposedly born on Lie Mountain, the name of which he gave to one of his sons. One of the descendants of that son adopted the word for ‘mountain’, shan, as his surname. Another source of the name was an official post that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 BC) called the Mountain Master, which carried the responsibilities of overseeing mountains and forests. Again, the word for ‘mountain’, shan, was adopted as a surname.

Indian (Gujarat): Hindu (Vania) name of unknown meaning.

Reduced form of northern Irish and Scottish McShane.

Variant of English Shann.

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