Frequency: (15151)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Chinese 陈: Cantonese variant of Chen.
2. Chinese 詹: variant transcription of Zhan.
3. Vietnamese (Chân): unexplained.
4. Galician and Portuguese: topographic name from a field named Chan (Galician) or Chã (Portuguese), from Latin plana ‘level’, ‘flat’.
GIVEN NAMES: Chinese 24%; Vietnamese 8%. Wai (63), Wing (60), Kwok (59), Kam (50), Chun (41), Kin (40), Chi (34), Ming (33), Man (32), Ping (22), Ying (22), Yuk (22).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
