Chan (surname)

Chan is a non-pinyin romanisation of multiple Chinese surnames, based on different varieties of Chinese.

Among respondents to the 2000 United States census, Chan was the 12th-most common surname among Asian Pacific Americans, and 459th-most common overall, with 59,811 bearers (91.0% of whom identified as Asian/Pacific Islander). Chan was the ninth-most common Chinese surname in Singapore as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese characters). Roughly 48,400 people, or 1.9% of the Chinese Singaporean population, bore the surname Chan.

Cantonese romanisation of 陈/陳
Chan is a Cantonese romanisation of the surname spelled in pinyin as Chén.


 * Diana Ming Chan (張陳維明; 1929–2008), American social worker of Chinese descent
 * Amy Chan (badminton) (陳念慈; born 1961), Hong Kong badminton player
 * Isabel Chan (陳逸寧; born 1979), Hong Kong actress
 * Gemma Chan (陳靜; born 1982), English actress and model of Chinese descent
 * Eugene Chan (陳西林), Hong Kong linguist
 * Agnes Chan (陳美齡), Hong-Kong-born university professor, essayist and novelist.

Hokkien romanisation of 曾
Chan is a Hokkien romanisation of the surname spelled in pinyin as Zēng (曾). People with this surname include:


 * James Chan Soon Cheong (曾順祥; 1926–2023), Malaysian Roman Catholic bishop
 * Chan Soo Sen (曾士生; born 1956), Singaporean politician
 * Soo K. Chan (曾仕乾; born 1962), Singaporean architect
 * Chan Kwok Fai (曾國琿; born 1982), Malaysian singer
 * Dinah Chan (曾秀卿; born 1986), Singapore road cyclist
 * Jasper Chan (曾羽辉; born 1988), Singaporean footballer
 * Chan Kwong Beng (曾廣銘; born 1988), Malaysian badminton player
 * Chan Boon Yong (曾文勇), Malaysian diamantaire
 * Jannie Chan (曾秀丽), Singaporean luxury retail businesswoman
 * Joel Chan (photographer) (曾俊彦), Singaporean-born Australian photographer
 * Priscelia Chan (曾詩梅), Singaporean actress
 * Chan Tien Ghee (曾長義), Malaysian businessman

Mandarin Wade–Giles romanisation of 詹
Chan is a Mandarin Wade–Giles romanisation (often used in Taiwan) of the surname spelled in pinyin as Zhān (詹). People with this surname include:


 * Chan Chun-po (詹春柏; born 1941), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician
 * Steve Chan (詹啟賢; born 1948), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician and physician
 * Thomas Chan (詹順貴; born 1963), Taiwanese Green Party politician
 * Chan Ya-wen (詹雅雯; born 1967), Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer
 * Chan Yih-shin (詹益信; born 1977), Taiwanese golfer
 * Faye Chan (詹雯婷; born 1981), Taiwanese singer
 * Chan Chin-wei (詹謹瑋; born 1985), Taiwanese female tennis player
 * Yako Chan (詹子晴; born 1988), Taiwanese singer and actress
 * Chan Che-Yuan (詹哲淵; born 1989), Taiwanese football midfielder
 * Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然; born 1989), Taiwanese tennis player
 * Chan Hao-ching (詹皓晴; born 1993), Taiwanese tennis player, younger sister of Chan Yung-jan
 * Chan Sheng-Yao (詹聖堯), Taiwanese Buddhist master and artist
 * Chan Ting-I (詹婷怡), Taiwanese politician

Mandarin Wade–Giles romanisation of 战/戰
Chan is a Mandarin Wade–Giles romanisation (often used in Taiwan) of the surname spelled in pinyin as Zhàn (战/戰). People with this surname include:
 * Elisa Chan (戰琬瑜), American politician in Texas

Romanization of "田"
Chan is a romanisation of the surname spelled in pinyin as Tián (田). People with this surname include:
 * Chan Seng Khai (田承凱; born 1953), Malaysian politician in Sarawak
 * Jeremy Chan (田銘耀; born 1981), Singaporean actor and singer

Other

 * Angel Chan (disambiguation)
 * Jeffery Paul Chan (1942–2022), American writer and scholar