Last Name TAN

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Meaning	Red, in Chinese medicine it refers to pellet or powder. Level, smooth, open-hearted.

Origin	Chinese, Jewish, Korean, Belgian, Hungarian, Indonesian

Rank	1,530 (2000 US census)	2,588 (1990 US census)

Count	21,567 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

3.93%, or 848 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.26%, or 56 total occurrences, as black,
91.3%, or 19691 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.14%, or 30 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
3.22%, or 694 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.15%, or 248 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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