Among respondents to the
2000 United States census, Chan was the 12th-most common surname among
Asian Pacific Americans, and 459th-most common overall, with 59,811 bearers (91.0% of whom identified as Asian/Pacific Islander).[1] Chan was the ninth-most common Chinese surname in
Singapore as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese characters). Roughly 48,400 people, or 1.9% of the
Chinese Singaporean population, bore the surname Chan.[2]
Cantonese romanisation of 陈/陳
Chan is a
Cantonese romanisation of the surname spelled in pinyin as
Chén (
Chinese: 陳).
Diana Ming Chan (张陈维明; 1929–2008), American social worker of Chinese descent
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