# Qian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/qian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,173 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,167 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 97,304 people |
| Change since 2000 | +95% (1,626 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 錢 /钱 (Qián).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Qian in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Qian in the United States.

## People named Qian

- Roger Y. Tsien, American biochemist (1952-2016)

## Similar surnames

Quan, Qin, Quin, Quinn, Queen, Quam, Quinney, Quon, Quine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.