Английская Википедия:Gan (surname)
Gan is a surname. It may be a Latin-alphabet spelling of four different Chinese surnames (Шаблон:Zh; respectively pronounced in Mandarin as Шаблон:Zh), a Korean surname (Шаблон:Korean; written using the same character as the Chinese surname Jiǎn), and a surname in other cultures.
Origins
As a Chinese surname, Gan may be one of the following surnames, listed by their spelling in Pinyin, which reflects the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation:[1]
- Gān (Шаблон:Zh; IPA: Шаблон:IPA). Ancient sources differ on the origin of this surname. Yuanhe Xingzuan states that the first bearer of the surname was an official in the court of King Wu Ding, while Шаблон:Ill states that it originated as a toponymic surname, referring to a place called Gan District (Шаблон:Lang), located in what is now Huyi District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, where some descendants of King Wen of Zhou had settled.[2]
- Gān (Шаблон:Zh), homophonous with the above surname in Mandarin Chinese, though not in other varieties of Chinese. According to the Шаблон:Ill, this also originated as a toponymic surname, referring to a place called Gan District (Шаблон:Lang), located in what is now Jiangdu District, Yangzhou, Jiangsu; following the defeat of the State of Han by the State of Wu, some former residents of Han fled to Gan District and took Gan as their new surname.[2]
- Yán (Шаблон:Zh), spelled Gan based on its Hokkien pronunciation (Шаблон:Zh; IPA: Шаблон:IPA). (1) Yan You (颜友) was the first king of the Xiao Zhu (Ni) state [小邾(倪)国] and was originally known as Cao You (曹友). His ancestor was called Yan An (晏安) who inherited a piece of land, which later flourished into the Zhu kingdom, a feudal state of Lu (魯國). According to the judicial rules of that time, Cao You had to give up his surname in order to ascend the throne. He adopted his father Yi Fu's style name Bo Yan. From then on Cao You was known as Yan You (颜友). This officially made Yan You the first Yan in Chinese history.[3] Yan An (晏安) was the son of Luzhong (陸終), grandson of Zhurong clan (祝融) and Wuhui (吳回). Zhurong was said to be the son of Gaoyang (also known as Zhuanxu), a sky god. Zhuanxu was a grandson of the Yellow Emperor.
- Jiǎn (Шаблон:Zh), spelled Gan (or more commonly Kan) based on its Cantonese pronunciation (Шаблон:Zh; IPA: Шаблон:IPA)
As a Korean surname, Gan is a variant spelling of the surname more commonly spelled as Kan (based on its McCune–Reischauer transcription).
Gan may also be an Irish surname, originating from Шаблон:Lang. Another surname with the same origin is McGann.[1]
The Ashkenazi Jewish surnames Gan (Шаблон:Linktext) and Gang are short for Gangolf, which itself originated by metathesis from the German masculine given name Wolfgang. Gan is further the origin of the patronymic surnames Ganer, Ganel, and Ganet. Gan also coincidentally means "garden" in Modern Hebrew.[4]
Statistics
According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, 328 people on the island of Great Britain and eight on the island of Ireland bore the surname Gan as of 2011. In 1881 there had been 40 people in Great Britain with the surname Gan, primarily at Durham, Northumberland, Lancashire, Argyll, and London.[1]
The 2010 United States Census found 2,891 people with the surname Gan, making it the 11,003rd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 2,301 (12,343rd-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In the 2010 census, about three-quarters of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian (up from three-fifths in the 2000 census), and two-tenths as White (down from three-tenths in the 2000 census).[5] It was the 310th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian.[6]
People
Chinese surname 甘
- Gan De (Шаблон:Lang; Шаблон:Fl.), Chinese astronomer and astrologer of the State of Qi
- Gan Ying (Шаблон:Lang; Шаблон:Fl.), Chinese military ambassador sent on a mission to Rome
- Gan Ning (Шаблон:Lang; Шаблон:Fl.), Eastern Han dynasty military general
- Gan Siqi (Шаблон:Lang; 1903–1964), Chinese People's Liberation Army general
- Gan Yetao (Шаблон:Lang; 1907–2002), Chinese diplomat
- Gan Yang (Шаблон:Lang; born 1952), Chinese political philosopher
- Gan Rongkun (Шаблон:Lang; born 1962), Chinese politician
- Jay Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1963), Chinese-born American agricultural and environmental scientist
- Gan Yao-ming (Шаблон:Lang; born 1972), Taiwanese writer
- Gan Wei (Шаблон:Lang; born 1984), Chinese actress
- Gan Rui (Шаблон:Lang; born 1985), Chinese football midfielder
- Gan Tingting (Шаблон:Lang; born 1986), Chinese actress
- Gan Tiancheng (Шаблон:Lang; born 1995), Chinese football forward
- Gan Quan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1996), Chinese baseball pitcher
Chinese surname 干
- Gan Jiang (Шаблон:Lang), swordsmith of the Spring and Autumn period (Шаблон:C.)
- Gan Ji (Шаблон:Lang; died 200), Eastern Han dynasty Taoist priest
- Gan Bao (Шаблон:Lang; Шаблон:Fl.), Eastern Jin dynasty historian
- Gan Yingbo (Шаблон:Lang; born 1985), Chinese football manager
Chinese surname 顏
- Gan Kim Yong (Шаблон:Lang; born 1959), Singaporean politician (People's Action Party)
- Gan Thiam Poh (Шаблон:Lang; born 1963), Singaporean politician (People's Action Party)
- Steven Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born Шаблон:C.), Malaysian journalist
- Frankie Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1966), Malaysian politician (Malaysian Chinese Association)
- Gan Peck Cheng (Шаблон:Lang; born 1966), Malaysian politician (Democratic Action Party)
- Gan Ping Sieu (Шаблон:Lang; born 1966), Malaysian politician (Malaysian Chinese Association)
- Gan Wee Teck (Шаблон:Lang; born 1972), Malaysian mathematician
- Gan Siow Huang (Шаблон:Lang; born 1975), Singaporean general
- Jeremy Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1979), Malaysian badminton player
- Gan Teik Chai (Шаблон:Lang; born 1983), Malaysian badminton player
- Gan Mei Yan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1984), Malaysian radio announcer
- Brendan Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1988), Malaysian football midfielder
- Heidi Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1988), Malaysian swimmer
- Luisa Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1994), Singaporean actress
Other or unknown
- Aleksei Gan (1887 or 1893 – 1942), Russian anarchist avant-garde artist
- Chester Gan (1908–1959), American actor of Chinese descent
- Rafał Gan-Ganowicz (1932–2002), Polish exile and mercenary
- Jennifer Gan (1938–2000), American actress
- Pinchas Cohen Gan (Шаблон:Lang; born 1942), Israeli painter
- Steve Gan (born 1945), Filipino comics artist
- Barry L. Gan (born 1948), American philosophy professor
- Samuel Gan (born 1981), Singaporean biologist
- Shyam Gan (born 1998), Indian cricketer
- Gan Ching Hwee (born 2003), Singaporean swimmer
Fictional characters
- Olag Gan, in the British television series Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
References
Шаблон:101-200 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China Шаблон:Surname
