The Mahan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,375 people carried this name — #2,371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 14,937 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mahan surname

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Macháin (“descendant of Machán”).

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

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Mahan is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

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

Mahan in American newspapers,
1890–1916.

Newspaper page from The Seattle Post-intelligencer carrying the name Mahan
The Seattle Post-intelligencer 1890-10-15
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Mahan
The Ogden Standard 1914-11-21
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Mahan
Daily Capital Journal 1916-11-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Mahan in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

742 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mahan. The most, 135, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 199
New South Wales 189
Queensland 148
South Australia 111
Western Australia 62
Tasmania 24
ACT (Canberra) 8

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

Who carried it

People named Mahan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Asa Mahan
    Asa Mahan 1799–1889 · writer
  • Dennis Hart Mahan
    Dennis Hart Mahan 1802–1871 · civil engineer
  • Alfred Thayer Maan
    Alfred Thayer Maan 1840–1914 · writer
  • Patrick Mahan
    Patrick Mahan 1840– · politician
  • Bryan F. Mahan
    Bryan F. Mahan 1856–1923 · politician
  • Milo Mahan 1819–1870

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mahan,
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 States1,853 records

1,853 records of the Mahan name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 553
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 443
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 249
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 241
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 235
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 77
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 45
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert D. Mahan

    Born 1925 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1945 at Pittsburgh; farmer from Indiana County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Paul A Rupert, Elderton, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Dean Mahan

    Born 1933; from Johnson County, Illinois. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francis Mahan

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the City of Chicago from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 27; gun maker. From Lancaster, England; bound for New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,853 records for Mahan in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia36 records

36 records of the Mahan name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 30
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Peter Mahan

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Admiral Cockburn in 1816.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Julia Mahan

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Crimea, aged 20; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James C. Mahan

    Tinsmith of Woods Point, Victoria; died 1905.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 36 records for Mahan in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada34 records

34 records of the Mahan name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 23
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 6
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record M.f Mahan

    Came to Ontario in 1879 aboard the Circassian, landing at Quebec, bound for Goderich, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Mahan

    Died 1900 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Mahan

    Died 1923; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Showing 3 of 34 records for Mahan in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Mahan 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 Celestine Mahan

    Born 1970 in Ivory Coast; died 1999 in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mir-Karim Mahan

    Born 1927 in Iran; died 2001 in Labège (Haute-Garonne).

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

    Born 1959 in Ivory Coast; died 1996 in Laval (Mayenne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Mahan name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Arthur Mahan

    Died 1923, aged 33; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Mahan in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Mahan name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. W. Mahan

    Sapper, Al Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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