Meaning and Origin of: Chan

Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : Cantonese variant of Chen.
  • Chinese : variant transcription of Zhan.
  • Vietnamese (Chân) : unexplained.
  • Galician and Portuguese : topographic name from a field named Chan (Galician) or Chã (Portuguese), from Latin plana ‘level’, ‘flat’.

Famous people with this last name

Jackie Chan