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Wan (万/萬) Pronunciation Wàn (Mandarin) Man (Cantonese) Ban/Png (Hokkien) Language(s)
Chinese Language(s)
Old Chinese 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 top ten surnames of Nanchang, where it is the fourth-most common name.
[4] [
better source needed ]
Notable people
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 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
100 most common family names in Mainland China (2020)
1–25 26–50 51–75 76–100 Related