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Kahn is a surname of German origin. Kahn means "small boat", in German. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Cahn.

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family name
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Kaan
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transliteration or transcription
Кан
different from
Kahn
native label
Kahn
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
K500
Cologne phonetics
46
Caverphone
KN1111
Commons category
Kahn (surname)
language of work or name
German
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Kahn is a surname of German origin. Kahn means "small boat", in German. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Cahn.

==Given name== Kahn Fotuali'i (born 1982), New Zealand rugby-union player of Samoan origin Kahn Singh Nabha (1861–1938), Punjabi Sikh scholar, writer, anthologist, lexicographer, and encyclopedist

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