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Han Name Meaning
Chinese : from the name of a state of Han, which
existed during the early part of the Western Zhou dynasty (1122–771
bc), in present-day Shaanxi province. This was the fief of a
younger brother of Cheng Wang, second king of the Zhou dynasty. The
state of Han was later annexed by the state of Jin, but the area was
enfeoffed by the Jin ruler to Wu Zi, a descendant of Wen Wang. Wu Zi’s
descendants eventually adopted the name of the fief as their surname.Korean: there are two Chinese characters for the surname
Han. However, one of these characters, meaning ‘China’, is extremely
rare (only two households with this surname appeared in a recent
census), so only the other will be considered here. Some records
indicate that there are 131 clans of the Han family, but only
one—the Han family of Ch’ongju, can be documented. Some sources
name Han Ran as the founding ancestor of the Han family. Han Ran is
recognized as one of the men who assisted the first Koryo king,
Wang Kon, in setting up the Koryo kingdom in 918. More recent
scholarship, however, postulates that the Ch’ongju Han clan’s
founding ancestor was U-P’yong, one of three sons of the fortieth
generation descendant of Kija, the founder of the ancient Choson
kingdom (died 194 bc). The other two sons, U-song and
U-Kyong, founded the Ki clan and the Songan clans,
respectively.French: of uncertain origin. In some cases at
least it is from a Breton word meaning ‘summer’ or a topographic name
from a place named with Gaulish hafod ‘summer residence’.Dutch and Czech (Hán): from a reduced form of the
personal name Johann(es) (see John).Jewish: variant of Hahn.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Han
Name Distribution of Han Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Han families
 22 - 42  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Han families
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22 - 42 8 - 21 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Han families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Han Family Origin
Han Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Han
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Han Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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