Chinese surnames

冉

rǎn · Ran

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 299
Ancestral seat (junwang)
武陵
Wikidata
Q10894854

In other languages

  • German Ran
  • English Ran
  • Spanish Ran
  • French Ran
  • Korean 란
  • Russian Ран

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Avi Ran1963 – 1987

    Israeli footballer (1963-1987)

  • Ran Min320 – 352

    Emperor of the Chinese state of Ran Wei from 350 to 352

  • Ran Geng544 BCE – ?

    a prominent disciple of Confucius (born 544 BC)

  • Nanyang Huizhong675 – 775

    Chinese Buddhist monk

  • Ran Zhi301 – 354

    crown prince of Ran Wei

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).