Yan

Family name

Instance of: family name

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Yan is a surname in several languages and the pinyin romanization for several Chinese surnames, including "严 (嚴)", "晏 (晏)", "偃 (偃)", "颜 (顏)", "言 (言)", "燕 (燕)", "阎 (閻)", "闫 (閆)", "鄢 (鄢)" in simplified (traditional) form.

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Native label: Yan
Different from: Yan criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Script: Latin script
Said to be the same as: Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
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Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yǎn criterion used: pinyin
Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yìn criterion used: Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation
Yàn criterion used: pinyin
Yán criterion used: pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin
Yàn criterion used: pinyin
Language: multiple languages
Soundex: Y500
Attested in: 2010 United States Census surname index quantity: 11,354
Caverphone: YN1111
YN11111111
Cologne phonetics: 06

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AIDb. (2026). Yan (Q4538395). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/yan-Q4538395