The Rohan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,131 people carried this name — #10,292 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 20% from 2,612 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Rohan surname
Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rohan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 8 births for the Rohan name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 180 people named Rohan.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Poland’s population register
29 people named Rohan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 55 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Rohan in American newspapers,
1894–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,528 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rohan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arthur de Rohan, Prince de Rohan-Rochefort 1826–1885 · soldier -
Alain Rohan, 13th Duke de Montbazon et de Bouillon 1893–1976 · politician -
Karl Anton Rohan 1898–1975 · writer -
Prince Raoul de Rohan 1860–1931
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Josef Rohan 1896–1964 · poet
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Jaroslav Rohan 1907–1985 · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rohan.
- Roggy 109 · U.S. census
- Rogier 392 · U.S. census
- Rogne 246 · U.S. census
- Rognon 124 · U.S. census
- Rogowski 2,086 · U.S. census
- Rogue 1,968 · U.S. census
- Rohde 6,961 · U.S. census
- Rohe 1,490 · U.S. census
- Rohm 1,520 · U.S. census
- Rohmer 320 · U.S. census
- Rohn 2,149 · U.S. census
- Rohner 1,193 · U.S. census
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