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

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

How popular is Tian?

Tian is common in China.

Tian is ranked 87 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tians grew by 115.6231 per cent to 3547 since 2000 and ranked 9195 after elevating 6965 spots. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 96.02 94.95
White 2.26 2.25
Hispanic or Latino 0.7 0.91
Others 0.59 1.16
Tian is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 5445630 people have been found who wears Tian as their family name. Tian is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
9,053 Senegal5
114,007 Czech Republic4
27,602 Nigeria4
2,444 Sudan3
11,342 Uruguay3
4,554 Guatemala3
32,086 Mexico3
3,224 Afghanistan3
20,541 Peru3
7,294 Kuwait3
14,193 Egypt3
7,619 Ecuador3
17,692 Armenia2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
89,020 Tanzania2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
6,900 Oman2
1,151 Brunei2
11,224 Cameroon2
5,936 Bahrain2
34,572 Israel2
444 Faroe Islands1
50,549 Georgia1
2,057 Myanmar1
11,486 Estonia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
356 Eritrea1
19,810 Croatia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
4,249 Cambodia1
7,847 Albania1
28,746 Algeria1
846 American Samoa1
1,542 Andorra1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,033 Benin1
717 Bhutan1
16,228 Bulgaria1
3,350 Fiji1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
17,236 Ghana1
6,688 Malawi1
8,371 Syria1
3,214 Niger1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
6,212 Jamaica1
17,768 Pakistan1
5,924 Paraguay1
11,923 Slovenia1
13,447 Uganda1
2,935 Madagascar1
2,578 Guam1
7,790 Zambia1
29,595 Iran1
14,373 Jordan1
28,365 Kenya1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
16,283 Lithuania1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
62,367 Kazakhstan33
21,901 Chile27
359,634 India26
20,844 Moldova21
49,545 Belarus20
3,830 Luxembourg20
481 South Korea18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,005 Ukraine85
1,122 Thailand80
4,622 Wales79
12,538 Norway59
Countries with hundreds of Tian:
15,208 Philippines967
15,860 Poland382
19,321 South Africa310
32,422 Italy280
3,201 New Zealand239
4,305 United Arab Emirates229
12,528 Netherlands226
15,253 Spain217
3,641 Finland217
5,909 Austria210
6,416 Colombia210
25,062 Argentina209
68,063 Russia193
5,061 Sweden189
335 Macau188
27,627 Turkey175
7,168 Hungary164
2,148 Namibia163
60,164 Brazil159
9,538 Venezuela151
4,108 Scotland144
9,314 Switzerland126
15,064 Romania125
15,958 Belgium111
3,646 Ireland104
5,770 Denmark103
Countries with thousands of Tian:
611 Malaysia5,641
8,194 United States4,572
2,498 Germany3,362
250 Taiwan3,013
194 Singapore2,975
1,176 Ivory Coast2,192
6,453 Indonesia2,109
2,402 Canada2,073
245 Hong Kong1,886
4,864 France1,702
4,601 England1,608
2,471 Australia1,255
1,569 Vietnam1,192
Countries with ten thousands of Tian:
987 Japan16,583
Countries with millions of Tian:
54 China5,389,095
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Tian Namesakes

  • Ragibagh Khan, Emperor Tianshun of Yuan, Ruler
  • Luis Tiant, Baseball player
  • Pan Tianshou, Painter
  • Valerie Tian, Actress
  • Andre Tiangco, Actor
  • Helvy Tiana Rosa, Playwright
  • Khoo Ban Tian, Khoo Teck Puat's son
  • Chua Tian Chang, Politician
  • Nicolas Tiangaye, Former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
  • Mel Tiangco, Newscaster
  • In 2012 drama film, Ci chu yu bi chu, Xiaoyu Tian played Zhu Zhu.
  • Hao Tian, from 2015 drama film The Left-Behind Children, who played the Di Hao.
  • Yuan Tian portrayed the small role of N in 2016 horror, thriller film Mind Decoding.
  • Ye Tian played important role of kid in 2009 family movie The Horse Eye.
  • In 2015 thriller movie, Pan wo you zui, Xiaojie Tian characterized Zhang Yue.
  • In 2011 drama, romance film, Mei li ren sheng, Liang Tian characterized Fang Zhencong.

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