as a Last Name
- 5,306
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Fan
Meaning & Origins
Chinese 范: from the name of a place called Fan, which existed during the Zhou dynasty. The Western Zhou dynasty's penultimate king, Xuan Wang (827–781 BC), executed a direct descendant of the model emperor Yao. The latter's son fled to the state of Jin, where he became a distinguished general and was granted the area called Fan. His descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,306
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Fan per capita
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