Gan
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 贛／赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).
Proper noun
Gan
Translations
Further reading
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Gan
- Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân), etc.
Proper noun
Gan (countable and uncountable, plural Gans)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gan is the 11,003rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2891 individuals. Gan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.19%) and White individuals (20.96%).
Anagrams
Romanization
Gan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gan m pers
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Gan
Proper noun
Gan f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Further reading
- “Gan”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡan/ [ˈɡan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Gan
Proper noun
Gan (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gan is the 322nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 24,683 individuals.
Anagrams
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