Wan (surname)

Wan (万/萬)
PronunciationWàn (Mandarin)
Man (Cantonese)
Ban/Png (Hokkien)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Man/Ban

Wan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 万 in simplified Chinese and 萬 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Man in Cantonese. It is listed 162nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 88th most common surname in China, shared by 2.4 million people.[2] The province with the most people having the surname is Anhui.[3] In 2011, of the top 30 cities in China it was one of the top ten surnames of Nanchang, where it is the fourth-most common name.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  3. ^ ""王"取代"李"成第一大姓氏". 网易新闻. 2013-04-15. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. ^ "中国省会十大姓氏排名".
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