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Is Chan a Male or Female Name?

Chan is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Chan globally is 61.0% males and 39.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is South Korea with 91.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is France with 68.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Chan in percentages: Globally: 61.0% males, 39.0% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 56.6% males, 43.4% females, Malaysia: 60.0% males, 40.0% females, Singapore: 64.2% males, 35.8% females, United States: 65.1% males, 34.9% females, China: 49.2% males, 50.8% females, St. Lucia: 88.9% males, 11.1% females, Macao SAR China: 52.2% males, 47.8% females, Saudi Arabia: 89.1% males, 10.9% females, Cambodia: 65.6% males, 34.4% females, United Kingdom: 48.7% males, 51.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Chan are 18-24 years old, making up 30.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Chan in each age group: 18-24: 30.1%, 25-34: 14.9%, 35-44: 18.3%, 45-54: 14.5%, 55-64: 12.2%, 65+: 9.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Chan is Cambodia with 0.6906% of the population. Following is Hong Kong SAR China and Macao SAR China.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Chan measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Chan year over year: 1956: 0.0038‰, 1957: 0.0033‰, 1958: 0.0038‰, 1959: 0.0028‰, 1960: 0.0041‰, 1961: 0.0032‰, 1962: 0.0038‰, 1963: 0.0041‰, 1964: 0.0032‰, 1965: 0.0039‰, 1966: 0.0036‰, 1967: 0.0047‰, 1968: 0.0032‰, 1969: 0.004‰, 1970: 0.0044‰, 1971: 0.0048‰, 1972: 0.0046‰, 1973: 0.004‰, 1974: 0.005‰, 1975: 0.0037‰, 1976: 0.0045‰, 1977: 0.0045‰, 1978: 0.0046‰, 1979: 0.005‰, 1980: 0.0054‰, 1981: 0.0055‰, 1982: 0.0055‰, 1983: 0.0056‰, 1984: 0.0051‰, 1985: 0.0055‰, 1986: 0.0059‰, 1987: 0.0065‰, 1988: 0.0067‰, 1989: 0.0052‰, 1990: 0.005‰, 1991: 0.005‰, 1992: 0.0045‰, 1993: 0.0044‰, 1994: 0.0038‰, 1995: 0.0039‰, 1996: 0.0039‰, 1997: 0.0054‰, 1998: 0.0042‰, 1999: 0.0056‰, 2000: 0.0086‰, 2001: 0.0182‰

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