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Tan

in Mississippi

There are 17 people with the last name "Tan" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Tan 9,561
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  1. is 9,557th most common Swisher
  2. is 9,558th most common Tables
  3. is 9,559th most common Taconi
  4. is 9,560th most common Tammy
  5. is 9,561st most common Tan
  6. is 9,562nd most common Tang
  7. is 9,563rd most common Teston
  8. is 9,564th most common Therrien
  9. is 9,565th most common Tindell

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Tan

Chad, Maria, Mary, Aaron, Bernadette, Cheehuat, Choong, Edwin, Kian, Klan

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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