Tan
in the US
There are 18,447 people with the last name "Tan" in the United States.
Ranking in the US
| Name | Rank |
|---|---|
| Tan | 1,483 |
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Meaning & History
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 (
Chinese 陈: variant of
Chinese 覃: there are two groups of bearers of the character for this surname: one pronounced Tan, and the other Qin (
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.
