# Tran (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tran/  
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) | 188,498 |
| US rank (2010) | 132 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,638 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (136,095 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /tɹæn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan, Chen, and Chan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tran 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) | 1.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tran in the United States, Vietnam, Dai Viet and Australia.

## People named Tran

- Trần Đại Quang, 8th President of Vietnam (1956–2018)
- Kelly Marie Tran, American actress (born 1989)
- Trần Nhân Tông, 3rd emperor of the Trần dynasty and Đại Việt, Zen buddhist, and national hero of Vietnam
- Karrueche Tran, American actress and model
- Levy Tran, American actress and model
- Derek Tran, American politician (born 1980)
- J. C. Tran, American poker player
- Natalie Tran, Australian video blogger

## Similar surnames

Teran, Tarin, Triana, Troiano, Traina, Turano, Torain, Tehrani, Train, Treen, Trinh, Trahan.

## 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.