Chrzan

See also: chrzan and chrzań

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Chrzan.

Proper noun

Chrzan (plural Chrzans)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chrzan is the 36788^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 607 individuals. Chrzan is most common among White (98.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chrzan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 333.

Polish

Etymology

From Polish chrzan (“horseradish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʂan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Chrzan
• Homophone: chrzan

Proper noun

Chrzan m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Chrzan

	singular	plural
nominative	Chrzan	Chrzanowie
genitive	Chrzana	Chrzanów
dative	Chrzanowi	Chrzanom
accusative	Chrzana	Chrzanów
instrumental	Chrzanem	Chrzanami
locative	Chrzanie	Chrzanach
vocative	Chrzanie	Chrzanowie

Proper noun

Chrzan f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Chrzan”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022