Phạm
| Pronunciation | International Phonetic Alphabet |
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| Language(s) | Vietnamese |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Fan, Huan, Fam, Hwang, Fung (from Chinese), Beom (Korean) |
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Phạm is the fourth most common Vietnamese family name from 范, which may be rendered as Fan in Chinese or Beom (범) in Korean. It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname.
Origin
Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chữ Hán 范 (fàn 'plants, grass' or 'models, limits, pattern').[1]
Frequency
Phạm is a very prevalent last name in Vietnam. Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the fifth-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.[2] It is the 951st most common surname in France[3] and the 455th most common in Australia.[4][5]
People
Notable people with the surname Phạm include:
- Science
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- Phạm Tuân, first Vietnamese cosmonaut
- Frédéric Pham, Vietnamese French mathematician (ref. Brieskorn–Pham manifold)
- Phạm Đình Hổ - inventor of Vietnamese Chinese Characters Chữ Nôm
- Politics and Military
- Phạm Công Trứ, mandarin of the Le and Trinh dynasties
- Phạm Ngũ Lão, prominent general under Trần Hưng Đạo
- Phạm Văn Đồng Prime Minister of North Vietnam (1955–1976) and reunified Vietnam (1976–1987)
- Hung Pham, politician from Alberta, Canada
- Pham Le Bong, foreign minister to Bảo Đại (last emperor of Vietnam)
- Phạm Ngọc Thảo, colonel in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, communist spy
- Phạm Phú Quốc, Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilot involved in 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
- Phạm Văn Phú, ARVN general
- Phạm Quang Khiêm, VNAF 1st lieutenant who was bast known for stealing C-130A for freedom before the Fall of Saigon
- Arts and entertainment
- Phạm Duy, composer and songwriter
- Linh Dan Pham, French Vietnamese actress
- Hoa Pham, Australian author
- Phạm Phi Nhung, Vietnamese American singer
- Quang X. Pham, author
- Andrew X. Pham, author
- Thái Thanh, 20th century Vietnamese singer, real name Phạm Thị Băng Thanh
- Phạm Thị Hoài, author
- Phạm Xuân Thái, Vietnamese linguist
- Phạm Xuân Ẩn, Vietnamese journalist and communist spy from South Vietnam
- Phạm Xuân Nguyên, pen name Ngân Xuyên, Vietnamese writer and literary translator
- Elyzabeth Pham, American Miss Wisconsin USA 1999
- Phạm Hương, Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Winner
- Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng, Actress, TV Host & Model
- Sports
- Thierry Pham, French professional tennis player
- Phạm Thành Lương, Vietnamese football (Soccer) player
- Phạm Đức Huy, Vietnamese football (Soccer) player
- Anathan "ana" Pham, Australian Dota 2 player
- Tommy Pham, American baseball player
- Religious figures
- Phạm Công Tắc, first twelve disciples of Cao Dai
- Phạm Minh Mẫn Cardinal Priest & Archbishop 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, U.S. nurse who became the first victim in the U.S. to acquire the Ebola virus disease through transmission in the U.S. during the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak[6]
- Phạm Đoan Trang Vietnamese human rights activist
See also
References
- ^ http://nomfoundation.org/index.php?IDcat=515&codepoint=8303[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Nina Pham, first person to contract Ebola in US, arrives in Maryland". Eyewitness News. ABC7 KABC Los Angeles. 16 October 2014.
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