Ran (surname)

Updated on Dec 27, 2024

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Pronunciation Ran (Mandarin) Language(s) Old Chinese		Language(s) Chinese Variant(s) Jan

Ran 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. As of 2008, it is the 178th most common surname in China, shared by 670,000 people.

Notable people

Ran Jizai (冉季载), tenth son of King Wen of Zhou, enfeoffed at the state of Ran

Ran Geng or Boniu (544 BC – ?), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers

Ran Yong or Zhonggong (522 BC – ?), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers

Ran Qiu or Ran You (522 BC – ?), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers

Ran Zhan (冉瞻; died 328 AD), general of Later Zhao

Ran Min (died 352), Emperor of Ran Wei, during the Sixteen Kingdoms period

Ran Zhi (died 354), crown prince of Ran Wei

Nanyang Huizhong (675–775), born Ran Huyin, Tang dynasty Zen Buddhist monk

Ran Wanxiang (冉万祥; born 1963), Vice Governor of Gansu province

Ran Yunfei (born 1965), writer and activist

Sui Ran (born 1992), basketball player

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