Farhan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فرحان (farḥān, “happy”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

Proper noun

Farhan (plural Farhans)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Farhan is the 35345^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Farhan is most common among White (55.57%), Asian/Pacific Islander (28.1%) and Mixed-Race (10.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farhan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 551.