Surname HAN

SOURCE: Location

USAGE: Chinese, Korean

OTHER SCRIPTS: 韩 (Chinese), 한 (Korean Hangul), 韓 (Korean Hanja)

Meaning & History

From Chinese 韩 (hán) referring to the ancient state of Han, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Shanxi and Henan provinces.

Entry updated March 14, 2016