Hàn

surname · Latin script

Meaning: to join (metal components) with heat; to solder, to weld, etc

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/han˧˨/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hàn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 37K
  • SESweden1 in 30K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)

≈67,000 people, est.

Sources
156 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Vietnam, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hân in VN Vietnam and Han in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to join (metal components) with heat; to solder, to weld, etc.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hàn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hàn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VN Vietnam#156≈67,000 est.≈1 in 1.5KlistedHân156
US United States—9,0061 in 37K36KHan130
SE Sweden—3411 in 30K341—1
ES Spain—1571 in 319K907—5
AL Albania—961 in 32K96——
FI Finland—871 in 64K360—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hàn is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate surname41 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, India, United Kingdom

    Also written Han, Hân, Hán, Hặn, Hān

  • English surname78 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Malaysia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Han, HaeN, Hân, Haeen, Hañ

  • Arabic surname91 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States, Saudi Arabia, Algeria

    Languages: Arabic, Maltese

    Also written Han, Hän, Hãn, Hân, Häñ

  • Italian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, China, San Marino

    Also written Han, Hạn, Hán, Hân, Ĥān

  • a separate name15 spellings in the group

    Also written Hản, Hãn, Hăn, Hậñ, Hạn

  • French surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, China, Belgium

    Also written Han, Hân, Hañ, H'An, Hán

  • Chinese surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, Malaysia, Taiwan

    Also written Han, Hân, H'An, Hán

  • Spanish surname32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Chile, China

    Also written Han, Hañ, Hân, Hán, Hån

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hàn is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Alternative spelling of Han (etymology 1).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Chinese, Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漢 /汉

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Han Xin, b. 231Han Fei, b. 279Han Gan, b. 706Han Yu, b. 768Han Ying-chieh, b. 1927Shéu, b. 1953Han Sanping, b. 1953Jenny Han, b. 1980Han Peng, b. 1983Han Geng, b. 1984
  • Han Xinb. 231CNChinese military general and politician (231-196 BC)
  • Han Feib. 279CNChinese Legalist, 280–233 BCE
  • Han Ganb. 706CNChinese artist (706-783)
  • Han Yub. 768CNChinese historian, poet, philosopher and politician (768–824)
  • Han Ying-chiehb. 1927CNChinese film actor (1927-1991)
  • Shéub. 1953MZnot in their usual namePortuguese footballer
  • Han Sanpingb. 1953CNChinese film producer and distributor
  • Jenny Hanb. 1980USAmerican writer (born 1980)
  • Han Pengb. 1983CNChinese footballer
  • Han Gengb. 1984CNChinese singer and actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalKính gửi Bà Hàn,Dear Ms. Hàn, (English)
InformalChào chị Hàn,Hi Hàn, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hàn mean, and where does it come from?
to join (metal components) with heat; to solder, to weld, etc. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Hàn?
A machine transcription gives /han˧˨/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.
In which country does Hàn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 67 thousand people named Hàn in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hân.
How common is the name Hàn?
In the United States, the national register counted 9,006 people named Hàn in 2020, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
How common is Hàn compared with other names?
In Vietnam, Hàn is the 156th most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hàn” — the 156th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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