The Dahan surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 689 people carried this name — #31,704 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,247 people named Dahan.
Most of them — 886 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
69 people named Dahan live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 67 people named Dahan 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 Córdoba.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 50 people named Dahan 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dahan.
- Dage 245 · U.S. census
- Dages 365 · U.S. census
- Dagnan 296 · U.S. census
- Dagon 231 · U.S. census
- Dagostino 8,224 · U.S. census
- Dague 1,624 · U.S. census
- Daher 1,325 · U.S. census
- Dahl 20,616 · U.S. census
- Dahlem 588 · U.S. census
- Dahlen 2,061 · U.S. census
- Dahlmann 195 · U.S. census
- Dahm 2,031 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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