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.

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

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

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. It is the 951st most common surname in France and the 455th most common in Australia.



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
 * 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