Tran Surname
Approximately 8,095,261 people bear this surname
Tran Surname User-submission:
This surname originated from the Chinese surname Chen.
However, when these people migrated out of China, to their respective countries, the immigration officers at those countries each had their own dialect. Therefore when Cantonese people said it, it became Chan, and when Teochew or Hokkien (Singapore) people said it, it became Chan.
Read More About This SurnameTran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 7,779,929 | 1:12 | 2 |
| United States | 176,241 | 1:2,057 | 194 |
| Laos | 35,589 | 1:185 | 56 |
| Australia | 19,684 | 1:1,371 | 147 |
| Thailand | 19,140 | 1:3,691 | 97 |
| France | 18,581 | 1:3,575 | 263 |
| Canada | 18,547 | 1:1,987 | 208 |
| Germany | 4,534 | 1:17,756 | 2,325 |
| England | 3,788 | 1:14,709 | 2,173 |
| Sweden | 2,156 | 1:4,567 | 433 |
| Norway | 2,096 | 1:2,453 | 215 |
| Switzerland | 1,271 | 1:6,462 | 1,024 |
| Belgium | 1,263 | 1:9,103 | 1,293 |
| Singapore | 1,126 | 1:4,891 | 333 |
| Denmark | 1,057 | 1:5,340 | 483 |
| Taiwan | 970 | 1:24,170 | 337 |
| Netherlands | 895 | 1:18,868 | 2,946 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Malaysia | 649 | 1:45,446 | 3,633 |
| New Zealand | 621 | 1:7,292 | 1,245 |
| Finland | 619 | 1:8,880 | 1,385 |
| Cambodia | 568 | 1:27,266 | 1,455 |
| Japan | 472 | 1:270,857 | 10,570 |
| Russia | 434 | 1:332,081 | 33,303 |
| United Arab Emirates | 422 | 1:21,712 | 2,501 |
| Czechia | 395 | 1:26,920 | 4,292 |
| Hong Kong | 295 | 1:24,866 | 485 |
| Austria | 288 | 1:29,567 | 4,745 |
| Hungary | 279 | 1:35,184 | 3,837 |
| Indonesia | 251 | 1:526,889 | 42,751 |
| Spain | 243 | 1:192,395 | 13,326 |
| Scotland | 166 | 1:32,252 | 3,240 |
| China | 150 | 1:9,115,477 | 593 |
| Italy | 127 | 1:481,549 | 49,699 |
| New Caledonia | 120 | 1:2,302 | 244 |
| Iran | 119 | 1:645,231 | 34,926 |
| India | 114 | 1:6,728,644 | 151,199 |
| Ukraine | 96 | 1:474,195 | 55,156 |
| South Korea | 95 | 1:539,371 | 254 |
| Qatar | 94 | 1:25,085 | 2,628 |
| Israel | 74 | 1:115,644 | 12,871 |
| Poland | 70 | 1:542,982 | 51,331 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Iceland | 57 | 1:6,668 | 730 |
| French Polynesia | 49 | 1:5,731 | 1,283 |
| Ireland | 42 | 1:112,118 | 5,755 |
| Slovakia | 42 | 1:127,058 | 23,432 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:77,363 | 6,557 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| Syria | 33 | 1:584,879 | 5,519 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Paraguay | 21 | 1:344,607 | 5,239 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Macau | 10 | 1:60,163 | 387 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 40 | 1:93,580 | 4,818 |
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
The alternate forms: Trân (72), Tràn (9), Trań (1) & Trâñ (1) are calculated separately.
Tran (475,466) may also be a first name.
Tran Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname originated from the Chinese surname Chen.
However, when these people migrated out of China, to their respective countries, the immigration officers at those countries each had their own dialect. Therefore when Cantonese people said it, it became Chan, and when Teochew or Hokkien (Singapore) people said it, it became Chan. And respectively for all the other variations.
- tannThe Vietnamese,Trần, is equivlant to the Chinese, 陳 or 陈 (Chén) and the Korean 진 (Jin). It means: exhibit, display, old, ancient.
- kylestagTran Demographics
Average Tran Salary in
United States
$46,487 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tran Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tran (Arabic: تران, Hindi: त्रान, Oriya: ତାଣ, Russian: Тран) occurs more in Vietnam more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Trân, Tràn, Trań or Trâñ. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tran? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 900 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Tran are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Viet-Asia. It is also the 2,131st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 475,466 people.
The surname Tran is most frequent in Vietnam, where it is held by 7,779,929 people, or 1 in 12. In Vietnam it is most common in: Red River Delta, where 21 percent reside, Mekong River Delta, where 21 percent reside and Southeast, where 18 percent reside. Other than Vietnam this last name is found in 139 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Laos, where 0 percent reside.
Tran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tran has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 374,981 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 17,218 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 415 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 4,200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Tran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Buddhist (92%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Tran surname are 5.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.5% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tran earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 47.31% less than the national average, earning €15,823 per year; in Norway they earn 20.02% less than the national average, earning 276,794 kr per year; in Vietnam they earn 1.91% less than the national average, earning 80,868,600 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 7.74% more than the national average, earning $46,487 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.94% more than the national average, earning $50,149 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tran in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାଣ | tana | 97.26 |
| ତଣ | tana | 1.37 |
| Tran in the Hindi language | ||
| त्रान | trana | 60 |
| तरन | tarana | 10 |
| त्रां | tram | 10 |
| त्रन्दन | trandana | 10 |
| तृण | trna | 10 |
| Tran in the Russian language | ||
| Тран | tran | - |
| Tran in the Arabic language | ||
| تران | tran | - |
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Tran Reference & Research
Tran DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Tran FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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