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Tan

in Indiana

There are 80 people with the last name "Tan" in Indiana.

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Tan 8,122
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  3. is 8,120th most common Stoppenhagen
  4. is 8,121st most common Styles
  5. is 8,122nd most common Tan
  6. is 8,123rd most common Voland
  7. is 8,124th most common Von
  8. is 8,125th most common Weatherspoon
  9. is 8,126th most common Werking

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Tan

John, Allen, Bailin, Hooi, Jiangning, Joseph, Lucina, Virginia, Anjiang, Artemus

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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