Ran (surname)

Rǎn is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 冉 in Chinese character. It is romanized Jan in Wade–Giles. Ran is listed 301st in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] As of 2008, it is the 178th most common surname in China, shared by 670,000 people.^[2]

冉

Pronunciation	Rǎn (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Jan3
Derivative(s)	Jan

Notable people

• Ran Geng or Boniu (544 BC – ?), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers
• Nanyang Huizhong (675–775), born Ran Huyin, Tang dynasty Zen Buddhist monk
• Ran Jizai (冉季載), tenth son of King Wen of Zhou, enfeoffed at the state of Ran
• Ran Min (died 352), Emperor of Ran Wei, during the Sixteen Kingdoms period
• Ran Qiu or Ran You (522 BC – ?), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers
• Ran Wanxiang (冉万祥; born 1963), Vice Governor of Gansu province
• Ran Yong or Zhonggong (522 BC – ?), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers
• Ran Yunfei (born 1965), writer and activist
• Ran Zhan (冉瞻; died 328 AD), general of Later Zhao
• Ran Zhi (died 354), crown prince of Ran Wei

See also

• Eyal Ran (born 1972), Israeli tennis player and Captain of the Israel Davis Cup team