# Quan (surname)

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

A surname from Vietnamese

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Vietnamese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,451 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,397 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,860 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (5,478 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quan 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) | 6.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quan in the United States and Eastern Han.

## People named Quan

- Ke Huy Quan, American actor and stunt choreographer
- Quan Cong, 3rd century Chinese Eastern Wu general

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.