Yan (surname 顏)
| Romanization | Mandarin: Yan Hokkien: Gan Cantonese: Ngan Vietnamese: Nhan Korean: An |
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| Pronunciation | Yán, Ngan4, Gân, nyahn /ɲan/ |
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | “face”, colour |
顏 (Mandarin: Yan) is a Chinese surname. It is known as Gan in Hokkien, Ngan in Cantonese, Nhan in Vietnamese and An in Korean.
顏 is the 112th most common surname in the People's Republic of China in 2016. A total of around 1.7 million people bear the name, mostly in the regions of Hunan, Guangxi and Hubei.
Yan was listed 143rd on the Hundred Family Surnames, in the verse Jiang Tong Yan Guo (江童顏郭).