Wan (surname)

Wan (万/萬)Pronunciation| Wàn (Mandarin)
Man (Cantonese)
Ban/Png (Hokkien)

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Language(s)| Chinese
Origin
Language(s)| Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)| Man/Ban

Wan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 万 in simplified Chinese and 萬 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Man in Cantonese. It is listed 162nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 88th most common surname in China, shared by 2.4 million people.[2] The province with the most people having the surname is Anhui.[3] In 2011, of the top 30 cities in China it was the only the[clarification needed] top ten surnames of Nanchang, where it is the fourth-most common name.[4][better source needed]

## Notable people

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* Wan Yu (died 272), Chancellor of Eastern Wu
* Consort Wan (1428–1487), consort of the Chenghua Emperor of the Ming dynasty
* Wan Quan (1495–1585), Ming dynasty paediatrician
* Wan Hu (16th century), legendary "rocket scientist"
* Wan Fulin (1880–1951), military governor of Heilongjiang province
* The Wan brothers, founders of the Chinese animation industry
* Wan Laiming (1900–1997)
* Wan Guchan (1900–1995)
* Wan Chaochen (1906–1992)
* Wan Dihuan (*1907)
* Wan Laisheng (1903–1995), martial artist
* Wan Yi [zh] (万毅; 1907–1997), general and politician
* Wan Jiabao, pen name Cao Yu (1910–1996), influential playwright
* Wan Xiaotang (1916–1966), Communist Party chief of Tianjin
* Wan Li (1916–2015), Vice Premier, Politburo member
* Wan Haifeng (1920–2023), Chinese general
* Wan Shaofen (born 1930), former Communist Party chief of Jiangxi province, the first female provincial party chief
* Wan Long (born 1940), billionaire businessman, CEO of WH Group
* Wan Xueyuan (born 1941), former Governor of Zhejiang province
* Wan Jifei (born 1948), politician, a son of Wan Li
* Wan Jen (born 1950), Taiwanese filmmaker
* Wan Gang (born 1952), Ministry of Science and Technology of China
* Wan Exiang (born 1956), Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of China
* Alex Man (Wan Ziliang; born 1957), Hong Kong actor
* Wan Guanghua (born 1961), economist
* Wan Yanhai (born 1963), AIDS activist
* Alex Wan (born 1967), Atlanta politician
* Joey Meng (Wan Qiwen; born 1970), Hong Kong actress
* Wan Xiaoli (born 1971), singer
* Wan Cheng (born 1985), football player
* Wan Houliang (born 1986), football player
* Wan Peng (born 1996), actress

## References

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1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
3. ^ ""王"取代"李"成第一大姓氏". 网易新闻. 2013-04-15. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
4. ^ "中国省会十大姓氏排名".

Surname list

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100 most common family names in mainland China (2020)

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* Wáng 王
* Lǐ 李
* Zhāng 张/張
* Liú 刘/劉
* Chén 陈/陳
* Yáng 杨/杨
* Huáng 黄/黃
* Zhào 赵
* Wú 吴/吳
* Zhōu 周
* Xú 徐
* Sūn 孙/孫
* Mǎ 马/馬
* Zhū 朱
* Hú 胡
* Guō 郭
* Hé 何
* Lín 林
* Luó 罗/羅
* Gāo 高
* Zhèng 郑/鄭
* Liáng 梁
* Xiè 谢/謝
* Sòng 宋
* Táng 唐

26–50|

* Xǔ 许/許
* Hán 韩/韓
* Dèng 邓/鄧
* Féng 冯/馮
* Cáo 曹
* Péng 彭
* Zēng 曾
* Xiāo 萧/蕭
* Tián 田
* Dǒng 董
* Pān 潘
* Yuán 袁
* Cài 蔡
* Jiǎng 蒋/蔣
* Yú 余
* Yú 于
* Dù 杜
* Yè 叶/葉
* Chéng 程
* Wèi 魏
* Sū 苏/蘇
* Lǚ 吕/呂
* Dīng 丁
* Rén 任
* Lú 卢/盧

51–75|

* Yáo 姚
* Shěn 沈/沉
* Zhōng 钟/鍾
* Jiāng 姜
* Cuī 崔
* Tán 谭/譚
* Lù 陆/陸
* Fàn 范
* Wāng 汪
* Liào 廖
* Shí 石
* Jīn 金
* Wéi 韦/韋
* Jiǎ 贾/賈
* Xià 夏
* Fù 傅
* Fāng 方
* Zōu 邹/鄒
* Xióng 熊
* Bái 白
* Mèng 孟
* Qín 秦
* Qiū 邱
* Hóu 侯
* Jiāng 江

76–100|

* Yǐn 尹
* Xuē 薛
* Yán 阎/閻
* Duàn 段
* Léi 雷
* Lóng 龙/龍
* Lí 黎
* Shǐ 史
* Táo 陶
* Hè 贺/賀
* Máo 毛
* Hǎo 郝
* Gù 顾/顧
* Gōng 龚/龔
* Shào 邵
* Wàn 万/萬
* Qín 覃
* Wǔ 武
* Qián 钱/錢
* Dài 戴
* Yán 严/嚴
* Mò 莫
* Kǒng 孔
* Xiàng 向
* Cháng 常

Related|

* Hundred Family Surnames
* List of common Chinese surnames
* 101–200 Most Common Family Names in mainland China

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