Jahan surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Jahan surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 604 people carried this name — #35,288 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 798 people named Jahan.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Loire-Atlantique 215
Indre-et-Loire 191
Paris 76
Loiret 57
Vienne 50
Loir-et-Cher 39
Sarthe 18
Yvelines 17

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Jahan live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 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

Zurich 14
Geneva 13

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Jahan is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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