Chan

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Chan is a common Chinese surname shared by many notable individuals across various fields worldwide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chan canonical 35
Chen 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cantonese romanization of surname Chen
Cantonese romanization of surname Tan
Chinese-language surname
family name
surname
category Cantonese-language surnames
Chinese surnames
Surnames of Asian origin
culturalAssociation Chinese diaspora
etymologicalOrigin Chinese clan names
frequency common surname among overseas Cantonese communities
common surname in Hong Kong
genderAssociation unisex
hasNotableBearer Anita Chan
Eason Chan
Freddie Chan
Jackie Chan
Kelly Chan
Margaret Chan
Michael Chan
Norman Chan
Patrick Chan
Sammo Hung Kam-bo (Sammo Hung, birth name Hung Kam-bo, but often associated with Jackie Chan as fellow Hong Kong action star)
Vivian Chan
hasVariantSpelling Can
Chan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chen

Chin
Tan
languageOfOrigin Chinese
regionOfPrevalence Guangdong Province
surface form: Guangdong

Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Macau
Malaysia
Overseas Chinese communities
Singapore
Southeast Asia
romanizationSystem Cantonese-based romanization
romanizesChineseCharacter

surface form:

script Latin alphabet
transliteratesToPinyin Chan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chen

Zeng
Zhan
usedAs last name
usedInLanguage Cantonese
English
Hakka
surface form: Hokkien
writingSystemOfOrigin Chinese characters

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan transliteratesToPinyin Chan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chen
Chan hasVariantSpelling Chan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chen
Gerald Chan familyName Chan
romanizationVariant Chan
relatedSurname Chan
Patrick Chan familyName Chan
Tan hasVariant Chan
Ronnie Chan familyName Chan
Michael Chan familyName Chan
subject surface form: Michael Chan (Ontario politician)
Michael Chan familyName Chan
subject surface form: Michael Chan (actor)
Michael Chan familyName Chan
subject surface form: Michael Chan (businessman)
Aurelia motherMaidenName Chan
subject surface form: Aurelia Chan Zuckerberg
Maxima hasMiddleName Chan
subject surface form: Maxima Chan Zuckerberg
Chen hasVariant Chan
Chen hasCantoneseForm Chan
Gemma Chan familyName Chan
Meg Tilly familyName Chan
Lily Chan familyName Chan
Chiam hasVariant Chan
Jaycee Chan familyName Chan