Chinese surname · rank 465

凡

凡 is read as fán.

Pinyin

fán

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 凡

Basic meaning

all, any, every; ordinary, common

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Fan state around southwest Huixian, Henan / Fan city in Beiyunmen area in surname references; modern Henan and Anhui locality notes treated separately.

Origin note

Fan/凡 is not treated as the ordinary word common. The surname layer comes from a Western Zhou state-name tradition: a son of Zhougong was enfeoffed at Fan, forming Fan state, and descendants of Fanbo used the state name as surname. Some modern sources note graph interchange among Fan, Fan, and Fan in records, so this page keeps the state-name layer concrete and does not claim a classic Baijiaxing placement.

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Sources checked

Zupulu surname reference: Fan - Zhougong son enfeoffed at Fan state and Fanbo descendants using the state name
Baijiayoupu surname reference: Fan - Fan state / Fanbo origin and Henan Huixian locality details
23mofang: Fan surname - rare Han surname status and Fan / graph-interchange note
Han Dian: Fan - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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