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

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

How popular is Jian?

Jian is common in China.

Jian is ranked 1238 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Jians grew by 62.80992 per cent to 788 since 2000 and ranked 29822 after elevating 12395 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 91.5 89.05
White 5.84 5.79
Others 1.4 1.86
Jian is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Taiwan is ahead in terms of density. Around 430153 people have been found who wears Jian as their family name. Jian is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,646 Japan7
122,390 Belarus4
108,034 Italy3
18,718 Thailand2
12,844 Pakistan2
40,064 Nigeria2
1,256 Myanmar2
41,879 Turkey2
883 Macau2
4,164 Vietnam2
18,969 Wales1
174,544 Czech Republic1
14,618 Guyana1
107,212 South Africa1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
29,774 Venezuela1
13,447 Uganda1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
31,207 Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
17,236 Ghana1
25,721 Egypt1
49,101 Denmark1
4,249 Cambodia1
91,024 Belgium1
28,365 Kenya1
1,819 Laos1
3,214 Niger1
8,371 Syria1
77,122 Sweden1
5,589 Sudan1
7,895 South Korea1
38,841 Scotland1
38,830 Morocco1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
52,316 Spain36
282,307 Russia27
36,547 Switzerland27
144,672 Ukraine24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
24,534 New Zealand17
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
8,898 Moldova60
Countries with hundreds of Jian:
29,502 Indonesia355
79,640 India306
12,942 Canada295
38,477 Germany269
10,767 Australia258
40,824 France245
1,874 Singapore213
10,174 Romania209
1,263 Hong Kong202
34,900 England124
Countries with thousands of Jian:
136 Taiwan9,097
2,456 Malaysia1,062
28,904 United States1,036
8,784 Iran1,024
Countries with hundred thousands of Jian:
199 China415,034
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Jian Namesakes

  • Zhang Jian, Olympic athlete
  • Angelina Jiang, Actor
  • Wei Jian Hong, Basketball Player
  • Zhou Jianchao, Chess Player
  • Zheng Jianfeng, Soccer player
  • Bang-Gu Jiang, Politician
  • Bao Jianfeng, Actor
  • Ma Jiang Bao, Wu Ying-hua's son
  • Bao Jian, Bao Tong's daughter
  • Ma Jian, Writer
  • RenZi Jian, from 2014 drama movie Huan xiang qu, who portrayed N.
  • Shi Jian, from 2011 drama and romance film Destined, who portrayed the Shoujing Han.
  • In 2015, Man-shu Jian played the role of N in drama film Cai niao.

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