Guan is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Guan
No. of characters: 4
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Guan

How popular is Guan?

Guan is common in China.

Guan is ranked 175 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Guans grew by 77.31833 per cent to 7247 since 2000 and ranked 4867 after elevating 2646 spots. The last name was found in around 25 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 96.14 92.27
White 1.82 3.74
Hispanic or Latino 1.19 1.47
Others 0.51 1.27
Guan is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 2637225 people have been found who wears Guan as their family name. Guan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
6,235 Costa Rica7
48,950 Moldova6
2,028 Vietnam5
1,632 South Korea5
1,667 Cambodia4
15,749 Finland3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
26,321 Israel3
4,915 Panama3
5,443 Dominican Republic2
26,532 Chile2
20,837 Venezuela2
82,478 South Africa2
10,284 Kuwait2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
7,574 Bangladesh2
11,486 Estonia1
12,741 Ecuador1
7,198 Maldives1
2,724 New Caledonia1
340 Comoros1
53,033 Nigeria1
165,773 Belarus1
15,705 Cameroon1
123,175 Tanzania1
24,771 Colombia1
7,790 Zambia1
58,885 Poland1
8,268 Mauritius1
24,176 Qatar1
586 San Marino1
12,745 Luxembourg1
28,365 Kenya1
14,373 Jordan1
9,498 Iceland1
20,172 Hungary1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,715 Gabon1
17,768 Pakistan1
18,969 Wales1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
98,632 Ukraine42
37,591 Belgium37
2,263 Japan34
11,444 Portugal28
395,979 India22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
6,803 Denmark89
8,986 Norway85
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
Countries with hundreds of Guan:
13,014 Indonesia943
10,662 France857
8,948 England731
6,293 Spain666
227 Macau322
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
52,914 Brazil191
4,204 New Zealand182
21,011 Mexico157
6,208 Sweden152
8,235 Switzerland144
295 Brunei139
20,168 Netherlands133
56,111 Italy123
12,545 Austria105
3,646 Ireland104
110,980 Russia101
Countries with thousands of Guan:
6,145 United States6,348
209 Taiwan4,404
228 Singapore2,525
7,469 Philippines1,933
2,572 Canada1,913
286 Hong Kong1,495
7,991 Germany1,210
2,739 Australia1,129
Countries with ten thousands of Guan:
394 Malaysia10,067
Countries with millions of Guan:
89 China2,600,318
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margrt. Guan worked as workwoman while Pat Guan was Workwoman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 13 years old Pat embarked for USA from Liverpool on Empire State and arrived on March 17, 1851.

Guan Namesakes

  • Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang, Model
  • Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang, Model
  • Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian Politician
  • Bai Guang, Movie star
  • Bao Guancheng, Politician
  • Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian Politician
  • Pia Guanio, Actress
  • He Guangbei, Executive
  • He Guangbei, Executive
  • Roberto Guana, Soccer player
  • Wu Guan portrayed small role of N in 1958 drama, romance flick Xiao ge zi gu niang.

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