The Kahn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,584 people carried this name — #2,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (14,570).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 909 people named Kahn.
85 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 201 people named Kahn 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.
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
138 people named Kahn live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 69 people named Kahn 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 Antwerp.
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
198 people named Kahn 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).
In print
Kahn in American newspapers,
1901–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 198,486 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kahn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anton Friedrich Kahn 1713–1797 · fencing master -
Ferdinand Kahn 1788–1864 · Catholic priest -
Pamela K. Van Pelt d. 2012
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Samie Kahn d. 1943
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Henriette Kahn d. 1943
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Henri Kahn d. 2021
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kahn.
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