Chan Family History
Chan Name Meaning
Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 陳 see Chen It is also found in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Compare Tjan and 9 below. Chinese: variant of Zhan . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 張 see Zhang Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 曾 see Zeng possibly based on its Hokkien Teochew or Taiwanese pronunciations. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 秦 see Qin Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄭 see Zheng 7: Chinese: alternative Cantonese form of the Chinese surname 甄 see Zhen .8: Chinese: Teochew or Hokkien form of the surname 田 see Tian 9: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 程 see Cheng 10: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 粘 see Nian 1 Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 莊 see Zhuang .1 Vietnamese (Chân): from the Chinese surname 甄 see Zhen .1 Cambodian: written ចាន់ of Chinese origin (see 1 and 2 above). Compare Chhan .1 Amerindian (Mexico Guatemala and Belize): Mayan name from chan ‘snake’ (compare Can ) or a homonymous word (morpheme) meaning ‘small’.1 Galician and Portuguese: topographic name from a field named Chan (Galician) or Chã (Portuguese) from Latin planus plana ‘level flat’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
