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Tan

in Rhode Island

There are 42 people with the last name "Tan" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Tan 3,422
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  1. is 3,418th most common Sansouci
  2. is 3,419th most common Schaefer
  3. is 3,420th most common Sheppard
  4. is 3,421st most common Spear
  5. is 3,422nd most common Tan
  6. is 3,423rd most common Tejeda
  7. is 3,424th most common Trafford
  8. is 3,425th most common Turenne
  9. is 3,426th most common Unsworth

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Tan

Debbie, Jian, John, Tze, Athena, Athene, Brian, Chang, Chung, Claro

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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