Phạm

Phạm is one of the most common Vietnamese family name (范) being the fourth most common, which may be rendered as Fan in Chinese for instance or Beom/Pom/Pem (범) in Korean.

Phạm

Pronunciation	International Phonetic Alphabet Hanoi: [faːm˧˨ʔ] Saigon: [faːm˨˩˨]
Language(s)	Vietnamese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Fan, Huan, Fam, Hwang, Fung (from Chinese), Beom/Pŏm/Pem (Korean)

It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname.

Origin

Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chữ Hán: 范.

Frequency

Phạm is a very prevalent last name in Vietnam. Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the fourth-most common name, accounting for 5% of the approximately 75 million people. It is also quite common in the United States, shared by around 82,000 citizens.^[1] It is the 951st most common surname in France^[2] and the 455th most common in Australia.^[3][4]

Phạm (范) family Vietnamese Five Colours Flag

People

Notable people with the surname Phạm include:

Science

• Phạm Tuân (born 1947), Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut
• Frédéric Pham (born 1938), Vietnamese-French mathematician
• Kathy Pham, Vietnamese American computer scientist

Politics and military

• Phạm Công Trứ (1600–1675), Lê dynasty Vietnamese scholar-official and historian
• Phạm Ngũ Lão (1255–1320), general of the Trần Dynasty
• Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000), Vietnamese politician
• Hung Pham (born 1963), Vietnamese Canadian politician
• Phạm Ngọc Thảo (1922–1965), Vietnamese communist sleeper agent of the Việt Minh
• Phạm Phú Quốc (1935–1965), Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the South Vietnam Air Force
• Phạm Văn Phú (1928–1975), Vietnamese officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• Phạm Quang Khiêm (born 1946), Vietnamese first lieutenant and co-pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force
• Khanh Pham (born 1978), American politician and activist

Arts and entertainment

• Phạm Duy (1921–2013), Vietnamese composer and songwriter
• Linh Dan Pham (born 1974), Vietnamese-born French actress
• Hoa Pham, Australian author
• Phi Nhung (1970–2021), Vietnamese-American singer, actress and humanitarian
• Quang X. Pham (born 1964), Vietnamese-American businessman and veteran
• Andrew X. Pham, Vietnamese-born American author
• Thái Thanh (1934–2020), Vietnamese-American singer
• Pham Thi Hoai (born 1960), Vietnamese writer, editor and translator
• Phạm Xuân Ẩn (1927–2006), Vietnamese journalist and communist spy
• Phạm Xuân Nguyên (born 1958), Vietnamese writer and literary translator
• Phạm Hương (born 1991), Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Đan Trường (born Phạm Đan Trường, 1976), Vietnamese singer and actor
• Thanh Hằng (born Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng, 1983), Vietnamese actress and beauty pageant titleholder
• Hanni (singer) (born Phạm Ngọc Hân, 2004), Australian Vietnamese singer, member of girl group NewJeans
• Phạm Đoan Trang (born 1978), Vietnamese author and democracy activist

Sports

• Thierry Pham (born 1962), French retired tennis player
• Phạm Thành Lương (born 1988), Vietnamese football manager
• Phạm Đức Huy (born 1995), Vietnamese footballer
• Phạm Như Phương (born 2003), Vietnamese artistic gymnast
• ana (gamer) (born Anathan Pham, 1999), Australian professional Dota 2 player
• Tommy Pham (born 1988), American professional baseball player

Religious figures

• Phạm Công Tắc (1890–1959), leader in the establishment and development of the Caodaism religion
• Phạm Minh Mẫn (born 1934), Vietnamese cardinal

Fictional characters

• Pham Tai, protagonist of the 18th century epic poem, Phạm Tải – Ngọc Hoa
• Pham Thi La, a character in the Muv-Luv spin-off series Schwarzesmarken

See also

• Fàn (surname)
• Vietnamese name

References

1. "Pham Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
2. French surnames
3. PBS, POV: The Sweetest Sound: Popularity Index
4. "Most Common Australian Surnames & Meanings". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-01-04.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024735/http://static.namesdatabase.com/names2/P/H/Pham.html