The Alan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,423 people carried this name — #19,114 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,372 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 290 people named Alan 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 Río Negro.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
114 people named Alan live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Alan.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Finistère.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 31 people named Alan 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 Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
95 people named Alan is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Who carried it
People named Alan,
with a public archive behind them.
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T. Alan 1841– · composer
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Mitat Alam 1879–1936 · politician
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Mitat Alam 1879–1936 · politician
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Ray Alan 1930–2010 · ventriloquist
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Josef Alan 1938– · sociologist
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Engin Alan 1945– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alan.
- Aksu 204 · U.S. census
- Ala 743 · U.S. census
- Alagna 623 · U.S. census
- Alaimo 2,107 · U.S. census
- Alain 175 · U.S. census
- Alamo 3,448 · U.S. census
- Alaoui 258 · U.S. census
- Alarcon 18,805 · U.S. census
- Alario 377 · U.S. census
- Alba 13,347 · U.S. census
- Albaladejo 378 · U.S. census
- Alban 2,173 · U.S. census
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