Trần (陳) or Tran is the second most common Vietnamese surname after Nguyen. More than 10% of all Vietnamese people share this surname.

Trần
Chữ Hán for Trần
PronunciationIPA: [t͡ɕən˨˩]
Language(s)Vietnamese
Origin
Meaningancient
Region of originEast Asia
from the Trần dynasty

History

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The Tran ruled the Trần dynasty, a golden era in Vietnam, and successfully repelled the Mongol invasions of Vietnam, introducing improvements to Chinese gunpowder. During the Tran dynasty, arts and sciences flourished, and Chữ Nôm was used for the first time in mainstream poetry. Emperor Trần Nhân Tông was a great reformer of Chu Nom and the first emperor to use Chu Nom in Vietnamese poetry.[clarification needed][citation needed]

List of people surnamed Tran

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