Yan

Family name (閻/阎)

NameChinese family name family nameQ4538396

Also known as Yán · Yim

Instance of: Chinese family name
, family name

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In 2008, the surname Yan was estimated to be the 75th most common surname in the People's Republic of China, shared by around 3.1 million citizens, making it the most common of the surnames romanized Yan without tone markers.

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Native label: 閻
阎
Said to be the same as: Yan criterion used: pinyin
Yeom
Yan criterion used: second round of simplified Chinese characters
Script: Chinese characters
Language: Chinese
Different from: Yan criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Yan' criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Transliteration or transcription: Yán

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Google Knowledge Graph ID/g/122qs52z

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AIDB. (2026). Yan (Q4538396). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/yan-Q4538396