# Kuan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,467

## Definitions
1. A surname from Chinese.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 關／关 (guān), Cantonese 關／关 (gwaan1), or Hokkien 關／关 (Koan).

## Easily confused with
- **kun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kun)
- **Kuo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kuo)
- **kya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kya)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kurt)
- **Kwon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kwon)
- **kush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kush)
- **Kuhn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kuhn)
- **kwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kwan)
- **Kumar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kuan-vs-kumar)
- **ka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ka-vs-kuan)
- **Ku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ku-vs-kuan)
- **ken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ken-vs-kuan)
- **kay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kay-vs-kuan)
- **kai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kai-vs-kuan)
- **kin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kin-vs-kuan)
- **kat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kat-vs-kuan)
- **KIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kia-vs-kuan)
- **kan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kan-vs-kuan)
- **kam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kam-vs-kuan)
- **kar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kar-vs-kuan)

## Common misspellings (5)
`kaun`, `kkuan`, `kuann`, `kuna`, `ukan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kuan