The Ahn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,567 people carried this name — #3,379 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted. That is up 30% from 8,130 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ahn surname

Borrowed from Korean 안(安) (An).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ahn» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 185 people named Ahn live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 175
Brussels-Capital 5
Luxembourg Province 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 78 people named Ahn live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 78

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Ahn live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 10
Vaud 6
Zurich 6
Aargau 5
Thurgau 5
Basel-Stadt 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

22 people named Ahn is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Ahn in American newspapers,
1896–1913.

Newspaper page from World's Cresset carrying the name Ahn
World's Cresset 1913-01-16
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Ahn
Arizona Republican 1896-09-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 216 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ahn in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

971 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ahn. The most, 176, date from the 1920s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 275
Victoria 239
Queensland 238
South Australia 109
Western Australia 58
Tasmania 31
ACT (Canberra) 18
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ahn.

Who carried it

People named Ahn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • An Hyang
    An Hyang 1243–1306 · writer
  • An Gyeong-su
    An Gyeong-su 1853–1900 · philosopher
  • Ahn Chang-ho
    Ahn Chang-ho 1878–1938 · writer
  • An Jung-geun
    An Jung-geun 1879–1910 · politician
  • Ahn Chai-hong
    Ahn Chai-hong 1892–1965 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — An Gyeong-su: 안혁준, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 155 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ahn,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States127 records

127 records of the Ahn name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 68
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert Y. H. Ahn

    Born 1924 in Hawaiian Islands. Enlisted 1946. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1999, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Christ Ahn

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Stephanie from Bremen, aged 32; locksmith. From Hanover, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Kyuna Silk Ahn

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1963; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 127 records for Ahn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands462 records

462 records of the Ahn name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 373
  • Dutch population registers 89
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Anna Ahn

    Married in 1828 in Meerssen; maidservant, born 1807 in Wijlre. Died 1887 in Wijlre, aged 80.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johanna Amelia Rosa Ahn

    Born 1878 in ´s-Gravenhage. Died 1970 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Louise Maria Ahn

    In the population register of Moresnet, Belgium; born 1914 in Moresnet, Belgium.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 462 records for Ahn in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany55 records

55 records of the Ahn name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Simon Ahn

    From Pr.-Moresnet, Eupen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 29 April 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 29).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Ahn

    From Aachen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 19 August 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franzisko Ahn

    From Altona. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 1 November 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 55 records for Ahn in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France6 records

6 records of the Ahn name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louis Henri Ahn

    Born 1912 in Mézières; died 1988 in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raymonde Denise Leone Ahn

    Born 1945 in Montmédy (Meuse); died 1998 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francoise Helene Ahn

    Born 1932 in Vivier-au-Court (Ardennes); died 1982 in Verdun (Meuse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Ahn in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Ahn name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Byong Sik Ahn

    Buried in 1986 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 49.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eun Yeo Ahn

    Buried in 1983 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 72.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Ahn name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anna Maria Ahn

    Died 1868 in Neerrepen.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Tongeren (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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