Luan (surname)

Luan (栾/欒)
PronunciationLuán (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese

Luan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and in traditional Chinese. Luan is listed 243rd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 226th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people.[2]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-28.