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Tan

in Hawaii

There are 179 people with the last name "Tan" in Hawaii.

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Ranking in Hawaii

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Tan 565
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  1. is 561st most common Carlos
  2. is 562nd most common Masaki
  3. is 563rd most common Paul
  4. is 564th most common Lui
  5. is 565th most common Tan
  6. is 566th most common Kojima
  7. is 567th most common Matthews
  8. is 568th most common Shiraishi
  9. is 569th most common Arnold

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Tan

Paul, Raymond, Christopher, Felix, Hie, James, Joseph, Joshua, Karen, Nelson

Meaning & History

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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 (2205–2198 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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