Tan (surname)

Tan (譚/谭)
PronunciationTan (Hokkien Chinese and Mandarin Chinese)
Tan (Japanese)
Dam (Korean)
Đàm (Vietnamese)
Tam (Cantonese Chinese and Hakka Chinese)
Tham (Hokkien Chinese and Teochew Chinese)
Ham, Hom, Hum, Tom, Thom (Toisanese Chinese)
Language(s)Chinese, Japanese
Origin
Region of originChina, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Tan
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions

Tan is a common Chinese surname , and is considered the 56th most common. [1]

  1. ^ China Renews Top 100 Surnames, Li Still the Biggest, People's Daily online (English), 11 January 2006