An

9,387 people in the United States were counted with the surname An in the 2020 census, making it the 3,684th most common in the country. That is about one person in 31,800.

By the numbers

People: 9,387
Rank: 3,684th
How common: 1 in 31,800
Per 100,000: 3.1

Who bears the name

How people with the surname An described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 93.4%
White, not Hispanic 3.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino 1.3%
Black, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.03%

Notable people called An

An Lushan (703–757)Chinese general and emperor of Yan
An Se-young (born 2002)South Korean badminton player
An Qi (born 1981)Chinese footballer
An Shigao (101–168)second century Parthian Buddhist missionary to China
Liu An (178 BC–121 BC)Han dynasty scholar
An Qixuan (born 2000)Chinese archer
Mikhail An (1952–1979)Soviet football player
Amber An (born 1985)Taiwanese actress, singer and television host

People named An with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like An

Also a first name

An has been given to 2,519 American babies as a first name since 1946, peaking in 2010. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.