Frequency: (1963)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Korean: variant of An.
2. North German: topographic name from Germanic an ‘stream’ or ‘fen’. In Germany the family names von Ahn and von Ahnen are well established in the Hamburg area.
3. German: alternatively, perhaps, a status name or nickname from Ahn ‘grandfather’, ‘forefather’ (Middle High German ane, an).
GIVEN NAMES: Korean 60%. Young (28), Byung (22), Chang (20), Sung (18), Sang (15), Yong (14), Jung (12), Seung (12), Jae (10), Kwang (10), Chong (9), Dong (8), Jong (8), Kyung (8), Joon (7), Chul (6), Myong (5), Byung Ho (4), Chung (4), Hae (4), Dong Hyun (3), Seong (3), Sungsoo (3), Byung Chul (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
