Tian (surname)

Tian
	Stroke order of the character Tian (田)
Other names
Variant form(s)	Jeon

Tián (田), or T'ien in Wade-Giles is a Chinese surname.^[1] An alternative transliteration of "田" from Cantonese is Tin, from Hokkien is Thinn. It appeared in the Hundred Family Surnames text from the early Song dynasty. It also means "field". In 2019 it was the 34th most common surname in mainland China.^[2]

The same character is Jeon in Korean hanja.

^ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ "2019年全国姓名报告出炉，这十个姓名使用最多". bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Hanks_2003-1] Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[bjnews.com.cn_2020-2] "2019年全国姓名报告出炉，这十个姓名使用最多". bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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