Quán is the
Pinyin romanization of the
Chinese family names / and , as well as a customary spelling of (pinyin:
Guān). All written forms of the name are rare enough that they do not appear in the list of the
100 most common Chinese surnames.
權
Quan () is a
Chinese surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...
. A notable with the surname Quan surname was
Quan Deyu, who was born in 759 during the reign of
Emperor Suzong. His family claimed to descend from the
Later Qin official
Quan Yi (權翼). His family tree was from the
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and layi ...
official Quan Rong (權榮).
During the
Shang dynasty, the Quan family founded the
state of Quan
The State of Quán () was a small Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) vassal state of Central China. A Marquisate, then Dukedom (侯), its rulers were descendants of Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC) ruler Wu Ding with the surname ''Zi'' (子). Qu ...
(權國). In the
state of Chu
Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou hea ...
, the Xiong family lived in Quan County (權縣), and took the surname Quan.
全
Quan (), is a
Chinese family name.
Liang,
Yang in alternative
mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
are other spellings. The character 全 is rendered as Jeon in
Korean and is one of several
Chinese characters for the common Korean
surname Jeon (Chun). The character 全 is rendered as
Toàn in Vietnamese The name is spelled Chuan in Taiwan, based on the
Wade–Giles romanization system.
Quan Cong was a military general of
Eastern Wu
Wu ( Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < : ''*ŋuɑ''), known in h ...
during the
Three Kingdoms,
Quan Huijie
Empress Quan (244 – 300s), also known as Quan Huijie, was an empress of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She was married to Sun Liang, the second emperor of Wu.
Life
Lady Quan was the daughter of Quan Shang ...
(全惠解) the
Empress Quan (全) was empress of Eastern Wu.
The Quan (全) family was founded with this public, official name. During ancient times, Quandi (全地) was the old regional name, where people would get the surname Quan (全).
Yuan dynasty and Wan Quan (万全) are
Nomadic people, who get the surname Quan (全) with their given name.
關
Quan () is the
Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chinese surname spelled
Guān in Pinyin, as well as a customary non-systemic spelling of its pronunciation in different
varieties of Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hakka). The spelling Quan can be found among
overseas Chinese
Overseas Chinese () refers to people of Chinese birth or ethnicity who reside outside Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese.
Terminology
() or ''Hoan-kheh'' () in Hokkien, refe ...
communities in Vietnam and Anglophone countries. In Hong Kong, the same surname is more commonly spelled
Kwan, while people in Taiwan often use the
Wade-Giles spelling Kuan.
Notable people with the surname
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Quan Lei
Quan Lei (; born 13 January 1985 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese football midfielder.
Biography
Quan Lei would start his footballer career playing for Dalian Shide's youth team as well as also playing for the Chinese Under-19 football tea ...
(權), Chinese footballer
*
Quan Yi Fong (權), Taiwanese actress
*
Quan Hansheng
Quan Hansheng (; September 19, 1912 – November 29, 2001) was a Chinese Economic historian. Quan's research focused on Chinese monetary history, commodity prices and foreign trade. He elected an Academician of Academia Sinica in 1984, and he held ...
(全), Chinese economic historian
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Jean Quan (關), American politician
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Jonathan Ke Quan (關), American actor and stunt coordinator
*
Andy Quan
Andy Quan (born 7 July 1969) is a Canadian author who now lives in Sydney. In his writing, he frequently explores the ways in which sexual identity and cultural identity interact. Quan is openly gay.
Quan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia ...
, Canadian author living in Sydney, Australia
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Dionne Quan, American voice actress
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Donald Quan, Canadian composer of film and world music
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Katie Quan, American labor organizer and researcher
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Tracy Quan, American writer and former call girl
Notable people with the given name or nickname
*
Quan (rapper), American rapper
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Quan Sturdivant, American football linebacker
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Quan Bray, American football player
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Quan Yeomans, Australian musician known for his involvement in the band Regurgitator
Fictional characters
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Quan, a playable character in Generation I from ''
Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu''. The prince of Leonster, father of Leif and Altena, husband of Ethlyn, and brother-in-law of Sigurd
*
Quan Chi
Quan Chi is a fictional character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise by Midway Games/ NetherRealm Studios. He first appeared in the main series with ''Mortal Kombat 4'' (1997) following appearances in the non-canonical animated ser ...
, a sorcerer in
Mortal Kombat
''Mortal Kombat'' is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992. The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a v ...
See also
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Quanrong, an ethnic group of northwestern China during the Zhou dynasty
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List of common Chinese surnames
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List of common Taiwanese surnames
External links
Story of the Name Quanat Google groups soc.culture.singapore
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Surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames