Wan (surname)

Wan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 万 in simplified Chinese and 萬 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Man in Cantonese. It is listed 162nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] As of 2008, it is the 88th most common surname in China, shared by 2.4 million people.^[2] The province with the most people having the surname is Anhui.^[3] In 2011, of the top 30 cities in China it was the only the^{[clarification needed]} top ten surnames of Nanchang, where it is the fourth-most common name.^{[4][better source needed]}