Phạm
| 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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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.
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]
People
[edit]Notable people with the surname Phạm include:
- Science
- Phạm Tuân (born 1947), Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut
- Frédéric Pham (born 1938), Vietnamese-French mathematician
- Kathy Pham, Vietnamese American computer scientist
- Politics and military
- Phạm Công Trứ (1600–1675), Lê dynasty Vietnamese scholar-official and historian
- Phạm Ngũ Lão (1255–1320), general of the Trần Dynasty
- Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000), Vietnamese politician
- Hung Pham (born 1963), Vietnamese Canadian politician
- Phạm Ngọc Thảo (1922–1965), Vietnamese communist sleeper agent of the Việt Minh
- Phạm Phú Quốc (1935–1965), Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the South Vietnam Air Force
- Phạm Văn Phú (1928–1975), Vietnamese officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
- Phạm Quang Khiêm (born 1946), Vietnamese first lieutenant and co-pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force
- Khanh Pham (born 1978), American politician and activist
- Arts and entertainment
- Phạm Duy (1921–2013), Vietnamese composer and songwriter
- Linh Dan Pham (born 1974), Vietnamese-born French actress
- Hoa Pham, Australian author
- Phi Nhung (1970–2021), Vietnamese-American singer, actress and humanitarian
- Quang X. Pham (born 1964), Vietnamese-American businessman and veteran
- Andrew X. Pham, Vietnamese-born American author
- Thái Thanh (1934–2020), Vietnamese-American singer
- Pham Thi Hoai (born 1960), Vietnamese writer, editor and translator
- Phạm Xuân Ẩn (1927–2006), Vietnamese journalist and communist spy
- Phạm Xuân Nguyên (born 1958), Vietnamese writer and literary translator
- Phạm Hương (born 1991), Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Đan Trường (born Phạm Đan Trường, 1976), Vietnamese singer and actor
- Thanh Hằng (born Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng, 1983), Vietnamese actress and beauty pageant titleholder
- Hanni (singer) (born Phạm Ngọc Hân, 2004), Australian Vietnamese singer, member of girl group NewJeans
- Phạm Đoan Trang (born 1978), Vietnamese author and democracy activist
- Sports
- Thierry Pham (born 1962), French retired tennis player
- Phạm Thành Lương (born 1988), Vietnamese football manager
- Phạm Đức Huy (born 1995), Vietnamese footballer
- Phạm Như Phương (born 2003), Vietnamese artistic gymnast
- ana (gamer) (born Anathan Pham, 1999), Australian professional Dota 2 player
- Tommy Pham (born 1988), American professional baseball player
- Religious figures
- Phạm Công Tắc (1890–1959), leader in the establishment and development of the Caodaism religion
- Phạm Minh Mẫn (born 1934), Vietnamese cardinal
- 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
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.