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Is Shan a Male or Female Name?

Shan is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shan globally is 68.3% males and 31.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Saudi Arabia with 93.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Hong Kong SAR China with 82.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shan in percentages: Globally: 68.3% males, 31.7% females, Saudi Arabia: 93.8% males, 6.2% females, Malaysia: 68.2% males, 31.8% females, United States: 48.2% males, 51.8% females, United Kingdom: 43.2% males, 56.8% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 17.5% males, 82.5% females, Singapore: 59.5% males, 40.5% females, Oman: 92.1% males, 7.9% females, India: 93.0% males, 7.0% females, Qatar: 92.9% males, 7.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shan are 35-44 years old, making up 28.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shan in each age group: 18-24: 18.1%, 25-34: 22.7%, 35-44: 28.1%, 45-54: 16.0%, 55-64: 9.9%, 65+: 5.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shan is Hong Kong SAR China with 0.0354% of the population. Following is Singapore and Qatar.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shan year over year: 1956: 0.0006‰, 1957: 0.001‰, 1958: 0.0009‰, 1959: 0.0004‰, 1960: 0.0007‰, 1961: 0.0004‰, 1962: 0.0012‰, 1963: 0.002‰, 1964: 0.0013‰, 1965: 0.0016‰, 1966: 0.0013‰, 1967: 0.0015‰, 1968: 0.0017‰, 1969: 0.0014‰, 1970: 0.0018‰, 1971: 0.0015‰, 1972: 0.0022‰, 1973: 0.0015‰, 1974: 0.0019‰, 1975: 0.0027‰, 1976: 0.0019‰, 1977: 0.0026‰, 1978: 0.0026‰, 1979: 0.0023‰, 1980: 0.0029‰, 1981: 0.0038‰, 1982: 0.0034‰, 1983: 0.0038‰, 1984: 0.0038‰, 1985: 0.0042‰, 1986: 0.0044‰, 1987: 0.0041‰, 1988: 0.0041‰, 1989: 0.0037‰, 1990: 0.0034‰, 1991: 0.0033‰, 1992: 0.0032‰, 1993: 0.0037‰, 1994: 0.0027‰, 1995: 0.0028‰, 1996: 0.0011‰, 1997: 0.0018‰, 1998: 0.002‰, 1999: 0.0017‰, 2000: 0.0022‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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