Fan Surname
Approximately 7,437,416 people bear this surname
Fan Surname User-submission:
The surname Fan comes from the Chinese word 凡 (fán), meaning 'ordinary' or 'common'.
Fan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 7,267,353 | 1:188 | 44 |
| Taiwan | 76,950 | 1:305 | 49 |
| Hong Kong | 29,995 | 1:245 | 57 |
| Thailand | 13,223 | 1:5,342 | 189 |
| United States | 12,373 | 1:29,294 | 3,631 |
| Singapore | 9,159 | 1:601 | 103 |
| Malaysia | 4,329 | 1:6,813 | 852 |
| Canada | 3,565 | 1:10,335 | 1,541 |
| Macau | 2,633 | 1:228 | 60 |
| Australia | 1,721 | 1:15,686 | 2,214 |
| Russia | 1,710 | 1:84,282 | 10,612 |
| Indonesia | 1,651 | 1:80,102 | 8,491 |
| India | 1,230 | 1:623,630 | 29,776 |
| England | 1,182 | 1:47,139 | 5,928 |
| DR Congo | 725 | 1:101,903 | 11,389 |
| France | 710 | 1:93,553 | 13,582 |
| Japan | 593 | 1:215,589 | 9,374 |
| Brazil | 541 | 1:395,701 | 15,087 |
| Ivory Coast | 509 | 1:45,327 | 2,871 |
| Spain | 493 | 1:94,832 | 7,866 |
| United Arab Emirates | 463 | 1:19,789 | 2,309 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Germany | 413 | 1:194,928 | 22,513 |
| Philippines | 353 | 1:286,794 | 41,276 |
| New Zealand | 325 | 1:13,933 | 2,424 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Nigeria | 256 | 1:691,964 | 32,018 |
| Ukraine | 255 | 1:178,520 | 24,459 |
| Netherlands | 229 | 1:73,743 | 12,495 |
| Belarus | 200 | 1:47,505 | 8,091 |
| Pakistan | 183 | 1:976,196 | 12,817 |
| Kazakhstan | 163 | 1:108,482 | 11,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Sweden | 123 | 1:80,055 | 5,952 |
| South Africa | 122 | 1:444,080 | 37,713 |
| Argentina | 121 | 1:353,251 | 27,617 |
| Uruguay | 95 | 1:36,124 | 4,185 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Iran | 87 | 1:882,558 | 42,611 |
| Brunei | 79 | 1:5,300 | 775 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Scotland | 67 | 1:79,908 | 5,892 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Italy | 64 | 1:955,573 | 68,465 |
| Greece | 61 | 1:181,636 | 29,268 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Panama | 58 | 1:67,453 | 2,959 |
| Chile | 56 | 1:314,580 | 8,983 |
| Vietnam | 56 | 1:1,654,394 | 2,126 |
| Peru | 51 | 1:623,218 | 15,580 |
| Ecuador | 50 | 1:318,117 | 9,154 |
| Mexico | 50 | 1:2,482,524 | 20,876 |
| Serbia | 46 | 1:155,325 | 10,561 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Latvia | 43 | 1:47,675 | 7,247 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Finland | 40 | 1:137,418 | 12,919 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Ireland | 37 | 1:127,269 | 6,194 |
| South Korea | 35 | 1:1,464,007 | 386 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:114,612 | 8,773 |
| Northern Ireland | 26 | 1:70,963 | 5,105 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Costa Rica | 23 | 1:207,829 | 2,614 |
| Bulgaria | 20 | 1:348,945 | 17,019 |
| Armenia | 18 | 1:162,788 | 4,827 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 18 | 1:331,814 | 28,558 |
| Azerbaijan | 15 | 1:643,275 | 11,348 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Slovenia | 9 | 1:276,408 | 16,807 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Romania | 7 | 1:2,868,267 | 56,178 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Palau | 4 | 1:5,411 | 112 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 184 | 1:272,928 | 22,173 |
Fan (19,793) may also be a first name.
Fan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Fan comes from the Chinese word 凡 (fán), meaning 'ordinary' or 'common'.
- syedhumaid109Fan Demographics
Average Fan Salary in
United States
$52,729 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fan (Arabic: فن, Bengali: ফন, Hindi: फान, Russian: Фан) is found most in China. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 80th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 980 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Fan reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Fan is also the 38,102nd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 19,793 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in China, where it is carried by 7,267,353 people, or 1 in 188. Excluding China it exists in 151 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent live and Hong Kong, where 0 percent live.
Fan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fan last name expanded 6,724 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 3,377 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,117 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (59%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Fan surname are 5.28% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.51% being registered with the party.
The amount Fan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 60.87% more than the national average, earning 556,743 kr per year; in Peru they earn 21.61% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,196 per year; in South Africa they earn 223.16% more than the national average, earning R 767,952 per year; in United States they earn 22.2% more than the national average, earning $52,729 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.9% more than the national average, earning $55,098 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fang | 86 | 5,322,635 | / |
| Fane | 86 | 69,181 | / |
| Fain | 86 | 13,221 | / |
| Fant | 86 | 7,505 | / |
| Fann | 86 | 5,000 | / |
| Fand | 86 | 4,684 | / |
| Fahn | 86 | 4,663 | / |
| Faan | 86 | 867 | / |
| Fayn | 86 | 631 | / |
| Fean | 86 | 610 | / |
| Fanh | 86 | 240 | / |
| Faun | 86 | 192 | / |
| Fhan | 86 | 75 | / |
| Fanø | 86 | 60 | / |
| Fajn | 86 | 58 | / |
| Fanì | 86 | 25 | / |
| Pfan | 86 | 24 | / |
| Fatn | 86 | 11 | / |
| Famn | 86 | 2 | / |
| Fasn | 86 | 2 | / |
| Fgan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wfan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vfan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Faïn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fatin | 75 | 6,828 | / |
| Fanne | 75 | 2,950 | / |
| Pfann | 75 | 1,509 | / |
| Faint | 75 | 1,500 | / |
| Faten | 75 | 1,394 | / |
| Facin | 75 | 1,394 | / |
| Fayne | 75 | 1,253 | / |
| Faine | 75 | 1,195 | / |
| Faune | 75 | 1,037 | / |
| Fasen | 75 | 622 | / |
| Facen | 75 | 568 | / |
| Faunt | 75 | 555 | / |
| Fahan | 75 | 329 | / |
| Feane | 75 | 155 | / |
| Fasin | 75 | 143 | / |
| Faane | 75 | 109 | / |
| Pfand | 75 | 83 | / |
| Fatne | 75 | 71 | / |
| Faing | 75 | 44 | / |
| Fanhe | 75 | 42 | / |
| Fagne | 75 | 38 | / |
| Fainn | 75 | 25 | / |
| Faung | 75 | 22 | / |
| Fanøe | 75 | 22 | / |
| Fađan | 75 | 20 | / |
| Fandt | 75 | 18 | / |
| Faang | 75 | 18 | / |
| Fhain | 75 | 18 | / |
| Faind | 75 | 11 | / |
| Fhang | 75 | 11 | / |
| Fantt | 75 | 10 | / |
| Famne | 75 | 10 | / |
| Fasne | 75 | 9 | / |
| Fangh | 75 | 8 | / |
| Fahun | 75 | 7 | / |
| Faunø | 75 | 6 | / |
| Fasén | 75 | 6 | / |
| Fankg | 75 | 6 | / |
| Faisn | 75 | 5 | / |
| Fannd | 75 | 4 | / |
| Fhand | 75 | 4 | / |
| Fandh | 75 | 4 | / |
| Faijn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Faitn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fanng | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fandd | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fahyn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Faynn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pfain | 75 | 2 | / |
| Feang | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fățan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fankh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ffand | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pfang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfank | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fhean | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faund | 75 | 1 | / |
| Feann | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fainc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fangg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pffan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faßen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faðan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fannh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fainh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fahnø | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fphan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faann | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fhamn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fathn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fatnh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fanhd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ffanc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faunc | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pfaun | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fhann | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pfant | 75 | 0 | / |
| Faant | 75 | 0 | / |
| Feand | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pfanc | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fanhs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Van | 67 | 626,174 | / |
| Fon | 67 | 16,935 | / |
| Fam | 67 | 16,358 | / |
| Fachin | 67 | 6,468 | / |
| Fating | 67 | 4,171 | / |
| Fateen | 67 | 1,847 | / |
| Faasen | 67 | 1,252 | / |
| Faggin | 67 | 687 | / |
| Fassin | 67 | 645 | / |
| Fangue | 67 | 491 | / |
| Pfanne | 67 | 229 | / |
| Fausen | 67 | 152 | / |
| Fasing | 67 | 119 | / |
| Fanova | 67 | 105 | / |
| Fautin | 67 | 96 | / |
| Faseen | 67 | 87 | / |
| Faatin | 67 | 85 | / |
| Faisin | 67 | 83 | / |
| Fanová | 67 | 73 | / |
| Fascin | 67 | 72 | / |
| Fatten | 67 | 70 | / |
| Fahnøe | 67 | 61 | / |
| Fattin | 67 | 45 | / |
| Fassen | 67 | 44 | / |
| Faiten | 67 | 39 | / |
| Faaßen | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pfandt | 67 | 29 | / |
| Faisen | 67 | 28 | / |
| Fausin | 67 | 26 | / |
| Fateng | 67 | 22 | / |
| Faindt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fangne | 67 | 16 | / |
| Faceng | 67 | 15 | / |
| Fajndt | 67 | 15 | / |
| Fahyna | 67 | 13 | / |
| Faitin | 67 | 12 | / |
| Faucin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fayten | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fachen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Faigne | 67 | 5 | / |
| Faytin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fainck | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fasesn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fatimn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Faayne | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fauthn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fanque | 67 | 3 | / |
| Faunne | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fachín | 67 | 3 | / |
| Faahan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fascen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fannne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faysen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faaten | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fashyn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faynne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fathyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feacin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fahaan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fahain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faingh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faityn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Facend | 67 | 1 | / |
| Facent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fasien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Facing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanndh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fainne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatinn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ffahan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fauten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fahein | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faucen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Facind | 67 | 0 | / |
| Feasin | 67 | 0 | / |
Fan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fan in the Bengali language | ||
| ফন | phana | - |
| Fan in the Hindi language | ||
| फान | phana | 76.01 |
| इरफान | iraphana | 15.56 |
| फन | phana | 7.46 |
| Fan in the Russian language | ||
| Фан | fan | - |
| Fan in the Arabic language | ||
| فن | fn | - |
| عفن | fn | - |
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