Phạm is one of the most common Vietnamese family name (范) being the fourth most common, which may be rendered as Fan in Chinese for instance or Beom/Pom/Pem (범) in Korean.
| Pronunciation | International Phonetic Alphabet |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Vietnamese |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Fan, Huan, Fam, Hwang, Fung (from Chinese), Beom/Pŏm/Pem (Korean) |
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It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname.
Origin edit
Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chữ Hán: 范.
Frequency edit
Phạm is a very prevalent last name in Vietnam. Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the fourth-most common name, accounting for 5% of the approximately 75 million people. It is also quite common in the United States, shared by around 82,000 citizens.[1] It is the 951st most common surname in France[2] and the 455th most common in Australia.[3][4]
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People edit
Notable people with the surname Phạm include:
- Science
- Phạm Tuân, first Vietnamese cosmonaut
- Frédéric Pham, Vietnamese-French mathematician
- Kathy Pham, Vietnamese American computer scientist
- Politics and military
- Phạm Công Trứ, Lê dynasty Vietnamese scholar-official and historian
- Phạm Ngũ Lão, general of the Trần Dynasty
- Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese politician and Prime Minister of North Vietnam (1955-1976)
- Hung Pham, Vietnamese Canadian politician
- Phạm Ngọc Thảo, Vietnamese communist sleeper agent of the Việt Minh
- Phạm Phú Quốc, Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force
- Phạm Văn Phú, Vietnamese officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
- Phạm Quang Khiêm, Vietnamese first lieutenant and co-pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force during the Vietnam War
- Khanh Pham, American politician and activist
- Arts and entertainment
- Phạm Duy, Vietnamese composer and songwriter
- Linh Dan Pham, Vietnamese-born French actress
- Hoa Pham, Australian author
- Phi Nhung, Vietnamese-American singer
- Quang X. Pham, Vietnamese-American businessman and veteran
- Andrew X. Pham, Vietnamese-born American author
- Thái Thanh, Vietnamese-American singer
- Phạm Thị Hoài, Vietnamese writer, editor and translator
- Phạm Xuân Ẩn, Vietnamese journalist and communist spy for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War
- Phạm Xuân Nguyên, Vietnamese writer and literary translator
- Phạm Hương, Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Thanh Hằng, Vietnamese actress and model
- Sports
- Thierry Pham, French professional tennis player
- Phạm Thành Lương, Vietnamese footballer
- Phạm Đức Huy, Vietnamese footballer
- Phạm Như Phương, Vietnamese artistic gymnast
- Anathan Pham, Australian professional Dota 2 player
- Tommy Pham, American baseball player
- Religious figures
- Phạm Công Tắc, leader in the establishment and development of the Caodaism religion
- Phạm Minh Mẫn, cardinal priest and archbishop emeritus of Ho Chi Minh City in the Roman Catholic Church
- Fictional characters
- Pham Tai, protagonist of the 18th century epic poem, Phạm Tải – Ngọc Hoa
- Pham Thi La, a character in the Muv-Luv spin-off series Schwarzesmarken
- Other
- Nina Pham, first person to contract the Ebola virus in the U.S
- Phạm Đoan Trang, Vietnamese human rights activist
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Pham Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
- ^ French surnames
- ^ PBS, POV: The Sweetest Sound: Popularity Index
- ^ "Most Common Australian Surnames & Meanings". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-01-04.