Tan

in Iowa

There are 25 people with the last name "Tan" in Iowa.

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Tan 15,759
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  1. is 15,755th most common Swancutt
  2. is 15,756th most common Sward
  3. is 15,757th most common Tafolla
  4. is 15,758th most common Talsma
  5. is 15,759th most common Tan
  6. is 15,760th most common Tegels
  7. is 15,761st most common Tenhaken
  8. is 15,762nd most common Tews
  9. is 15,763rd most common Threlkeld

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Tan

Fabian, Lin, Arliss, Carlton, Creti, Cuc, Enhui, Guifang, Herman, Janet



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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