Tan Family History
Tan Name Meaning
Chinese : from the name of the state of Tan during
the Zhou dynasty. After Wu Wang established the Zhou dynasty in 1122
bc, he enfeoffed the state of Tan to a descendant of the
model emperor Yu (2205–2198 bc), with the status of
Viscount. Descendants adopted the name of the state Tan as their
surname.Chinese : said to be from the name of a
certain King Tan of the state of Song, a 36th-generation descendant of
its founder (see Song).Chinese : variant
of Chen.Chinese : there are two groups of
bearers of the character for this surname: one pronounced Tan, and the
other Qin (see Qin), although both are represented with the
same character.Korean: there are three Chinese characters
for this surname; two of them are used by clans that now have only one
surviving family each, according to a recent census. Some records
indicate that there are 10 clans that use the third character for
their surname, but only two can be documented: the Kangüm clan and
the Yönan clan. Neither of these clans is very large.Filipino: unexplained.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Tan
Name Distribution of Tan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tan families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Tan families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tan census records
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Tan Family Origin
Tan Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Tan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Tan census records
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Military Service by Tan
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