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    The surname Phan

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 37,836 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P500

    Phan: #918 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Phan #918, 37,836 people Phan: #918 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Phan #918, 37,836 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Phan is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan.

    One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 37,836 people named Phan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,160 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,903.

    #918
    rank among US surnames
    37,836
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,193)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #909Fry38,0298,119
    #910Delarosa37,9328,139
    #911Best37,9238,141
    #912Benton37,9128,144
    #913Lugo37,9038,146
    #914Portillo37,8908,148
    #915Dougherty37,8848,150

    Who is named Phan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Phan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as two or more races and 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Phans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Phan Bội Châu
      19/20th-century Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary, 1867–1940
    • Phan Văn Đức
      Association football player, born 1996

    Notable Phans come mostly from French Indochina (1) and Vietnam (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Phan

    Phan has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Phan come from?
    Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan.
    How common is the surname Phan?
    37,836 people in the United States had the surname Phan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,160 Americans. It ranked 918th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Phan?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Phan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Phan?
    Phan Bội Châu, 19/20th-century Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary, followed by Phan Văn Đức.
    Where is the surname Phan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Phan in French Indochina and Vietnam.
    Is the surname Phan getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,836 in 2010, up 41%.