Ahn

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Ahn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in North Korea than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CACanada≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 30K
  • USUnited States1 in 31K

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.

North Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈21,000 people, est.

Sources
395 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

North Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ahn 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 Ahn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KP North Korea—≈21,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K28—1
US United States—10,5671 in 31K11KAhn395
KR South Korea#345≈9,500 est.≈1 in 5.5K—Ahn8
CA Canada—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 22K—Ahn114
GB United Kingdom—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 63K—Ahn92
AU Australia—≈840 est.≈1 in 30K—Ahn92
EE Estonia—≈47 est.≈1 in 26Klisted—1

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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)

Ahn is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Korean surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Canada, United Kingdom

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ähn

63 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)

Ahn 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 Luxembourgish, second-person singular imperative of ahnen

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • ISO 639-3 language code for Àhàn.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, ancestor

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Aymara, ^yuna llaiiquipatha,!. Phinttuquípatha: Emboluer «on pa líales

    as a wordVocabulario de la lengua aymara

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)

18501900195020002050An Jung-geun, b. 1879Philip Ahn, b. 1905Ahn Cheol-soo, b. 1962Ahn Jung-hwan, b. 1976An Yong-hak, b. 1978Andrew Ahn, b. 1980Viktor Ahn, b. 1985An Ba-ul, b. 1994Ahn Hyo-seop, b. 1995An Se-young, b. 2002
  • An Jung-geunb. 1879KPnot in their usual nameKorean independence activist (1879–1910)
  • Philip Ahnb. 1905USKorean-American actor (1905–1978)
  • Ahn Cheol-soob. 1962KRSouth Korean politician, medical doctor, businessperson, software entrepreneur and tenured professor
  • Ahn Jung-hwanb. 1976KRSouth Korean association football player
  • An Yong-hakb. 1978KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean association football player
  • Andrew Ahnb. 1980USAmerican filmmaker
  • Viktor Ahnb. 1985KRKorean-Russian short track speed skater
  • An Ba-ulb. 1994KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean judoka
  • Ahn Hyo-seopb. 1995CACanadian-Korean actor and singer
  • An Se-youngb. 2002KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean badminton player

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 Ahn,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Ahn
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202011K#3,185
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201011K#3,379
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020008.1K#4,010
KP North KoreaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—28#8
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 6

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

How do you pronounce Ahn?
A machine transcription gives /ˈæn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ahn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Ahn in North Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Ahn?
In the United States, the national register counted 10,567 people named Ahn in 2010, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
How common is Ahn compared with other names?
In South Korea, Ahn is the 345th most common surname of 14,133 surnames 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, “Ahn” — the 345th most common surname in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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