Tan 谭 is a Chinese last name. In Chinese Indonesians and Chinese Surinamans, the name Tan often also occurs, but it is usually a romanization of the Chinese surname Chen 陈. Tan 谭 stands at 293th the place of the Baijiaxing and is one of the oldest Chinese surnames.
Tan can also be the Chinese surname 谭 in the Standard Mandarin pinyin. Origin of the Táns of Tams 谭
The surname Tan 谭 is originally from the state of Tan that was in the current Shandong. Famous people named Tán or Tam 谭
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