Kahana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כַּהֲנָא (kahǎnā, “cohen; priest”).

Proper noun

Kahana (plural Kahanas)

1. A surname from Aramaic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kahana is the 38389^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 577 individuals. Kahana is most common among White (76.78%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kahana”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 265.