Phạm

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Phạm
PronunciationInternational Phonetic Alphabet
  • Hanoi: [faːm˧˨ʔ]
  • Saigon: [faːm˨˩˨]
LanguageVietnamese
Other names
Variant formsFan, Huan, Fam, Hwang, Fung (from Chinese), Beom/Pŏm/Pem (Korean)

Phạm (范) is the fifth most common Vietnamese family name. It may be rendered as Fàn in Chinese or Beom/Pom/Pem (범) in Korean.

It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname.

Origin

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Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chữ Hán: .

Phạm arose in historical sources from around the third century CE. It was the title prepositions before names of kings of Lâm Ấp, kings of Funan, the eight chiefs of Jiao, and several tribal figures along the Annamite Mountain between the third to the seventh century CE. American historian Michael Vickery (1998) links the reconstructs the pronunciation of 范 as *buam and *bĭwɐm in Early Middle Chinese (c. 650 CE) with Old Khmer title poñ which was recorded in various 7th-century Cambodian inscriptions.[1] Later, a Phạm family emerged on the coastal side of the Red River basin in the 10th century. Vickery argues that the term was certainly of Mon-Khmer (Austroasiatic) origin, and the described demographics associated with the term (*bĭwɐm < *krum ~ prum, krom, khom) are strong linguistic indications of Mon-Khmer.[2] The term is still preserved in few Austroasiatic languages today, such as Temoq *puang (ritualist) ~ puiyang (shaman, + nominalizing infix -iy-) < pauñ < poñ, suggesting a pre-Buddhist native Mon-Khmer institution of leadership who possessed both shamanistic ritual and political roles.[3]

Frequency

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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.[4] It is the 951st most common surname in France[5] and the 455th most common in Australia.[6][7]

File:Phạm (范) family Vietnamese Five Colours Flag.svg
Phạm (范) family Vietnamese Five Colours Flag

Historical figures

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Champa Kingdom

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The surname Phạm was prominently associated with the rulers of the ancient Champa kingdom (formerly Lâm Ấp):

Vietnamese Dynasties

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Trần Dynasty

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Later Lê Dynasty

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Nguyễn Dynasty

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People

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Notable people with the surname Phạm include:

Politics and military

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Science and academia

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  • Phạm Tuân (born 1947), Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut, first Asian in space
  • Frédéric Pham (born 1938), Vietnamese-French mathematician
  • Kathy Pham, Vietnamese American computer scientist
  • Phạm Song (1927-2002), Minister of Health of Vietnam, academician and professor
  • Phạm Ngọc Thạch (1909-1968), physician and former Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Arts and entertainment

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  • 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 Pham (born Phạm Ngọc Hân, 2004), Australian Vietnamese singer, member of girl group NewJeans
  • Phạm Đoan Trang (born 1978), Vietnamese author and democracy activist
  • Phạm Phương Thảo (born 1982), Vietnamese singer, songwriter, and composer
  • Phạm Quỳnh Anh (born 1984), Vietnamese singer
  • Hương Tràm (born Phạm Thị Hương Tràm, 1995), Vietnamese singer

Business

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Beauty pageants

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Sports

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Religious figures

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Fictional characters

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Chinese bearers

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The surname is also found among ethnic Chinese populations, including:

See also

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References

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Content in this edit is translated from the existing Vietnamese Wikipedia article at vi:Phạm (họ); see its history for attribution.