Tan

in Arizona

There are 248 people with the last name "Tan" in Arizona.

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Tan 2,253
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  1. is 2,249th most common Hager
  2. is 2,250th most common Hare
  3. is 2,251st most common Pedroza
  4. is 2,252nd most common Roper
  5. is 2,253rd most common Tan
  6. is 2,254th most common Choi
  7. is 2,255th most common Dobbs
  8. is 2,256th most common Goldsmith
  9. is 2,257th most common Holly

Similar Names and Nicknames

Tom, Tam, Tim, Ton, Tin, Tun, Ten, Tum, Tym, Tem

Most Common First Names for Tan

Daniel, Choon, David, Hong, Jane, Lona, Peter, Yan, Adrian, Alfonso



Meaning & History

Tan

Chinese 谭: from the name of the state of Tan during the Zhou dynasty. After Wu Wang established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 BC, he enfeoffed the state of Tan to a descendant of the model emperor Yu (22052198 BC), with the status of Viscount. Descendants adopted the name of the state Tan as their surname.

Chinese 谈: said to be from the name of a certain King Tan of the state of Song, a 36th-generation descendant of its founder (see Song).

Chinese 陈: variant of Chen.

Chinese 覃: there are two groups of bearers of the character for this surname: one pronounced Tan, and the other Qin (see Qin), although both are represented with the same character.

Korean: there are three Chinese characters for this surname; two of them are used by clans that now have only one surviving family each, according to a recent census. Some records indicate that there are 10 clans that use the third character for their surname, but only two can be documented: the Kangüm clan and the Yönan clan. Neither of these clans is very large.

Filipino: unexplained.


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