How rare is the last name Kwan?

8,373 people in the United States have the last name Kwan, about 1 in 35,698. It ranks #4,115 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KWAN

#4,115

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,373
About
1 in 35,698
This common or more
56.3%
Who bears it

Of the 8,373 people with the last name Kwan, 92.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.6% as two or more races and 2.2% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kwan

#4,112 Tully · 8,378#4,114 Foltz · 8,374#4,116 Covey · 8,371#4,116 Monge · 8,371

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kwan, most common first.

#2,468 Kwon · 14,256#91,198 Kwun · 217

Also a first name

As a first name, Kwan ranks #7,964 of 53,615, with 1,853 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1976, with 25 births. See Kwan as a first name

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