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Chan World Ranking

In the United States, the name Chan is the 764th most popular surname with an estimated 39,792 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Chan is ranked the 36th most popular surname with an estimated 44,491 people with that name. 2 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Chan is the 751st popular surname. 3 France ranks Chan as 2,701st with 2,000 - 2,500 people. 4 Australia ranks Chan as 182nd with 17,435 people. 5 New Zealand ranks Chan as 450th with 1,530 people. 6 The United Kingdom ranks Chan as 752nd with 8,895 people. 7

Chan migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Chan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • F Chan, aged 40, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1823 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Chan (post 1700) +

  • Wilma Chan (1949-2021), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000, 2004 9
  • Shelby Chan, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 2008 9
  • Ivy H. Chan, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000 9
  • Agnes I. Chan, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972; Presidential Elector for California, 1972 9
  • Sir Julius Chan GCL, GCMG, KBE, PC (1939-2025), Papua New Guinean politician
  • Patrick Lewis Wai-Kuan Chan (b. 1990), Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the men's and team events, a three-time World champion (2011, 2012, 2013), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2010 and 2011), a three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2012, 2016), and a ten-time Canadian national champion (2008–2014, 2016–2018)
  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  3. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  4. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  5. "Most Common Last Names in Australia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/australia/surnames
  6. "Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
  7. "UK surname ranking." UK Surname map, https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/surnames_ranking.php?p=10
  8. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  9. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, April 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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