Gan (surname)

Gan
Language(s)Chinese (Mandarin, Hokkien), Korean, Old Irish
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Derivative(s)
  • Ashkenazi: Ganer, Ganel, Ganet

Gan is a surname. It may be a Latin-alphabet spelling of four different Chinese surnames (Chinese: 甘, 干, 顏, 簡; respectively pronounced in Mandarin as Gān, Gān, Yán, Jiǎn), a Korean surname (Korean; Hanja; written using the same character as the Chinese surname Jiǎn), and a surname in other cultures.