- Phạm
Phạm is a common Vietnamese family name.
Origin
The surname is of Chinese origin, written in Chinese as , suggesting the trade of keeping
bees .Frequency
Although Phạm is not as common a surname among Vietnamese populations as Nguyễn or
Trần , it remains prevalent. Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the 5th most common name accounting for 5% of the total 75 million. In the United States, Phạm is the #1455 most common last name [ [http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last List of American last names in the 2000 Census] ] with about 0.008% of all last names.It is the 951st most common inFrance [ [http://nom-de-famille.linternaute.com/noms/1/16/france.shtml French surnames] ] with 5,509 persons sharing that name. It is ranked 943rd in the Social Security Index [PBS , " [http://www.pbs.org/cgi-registry/pov/sweetestsound/poirot?file=names&name=Pham POV: The Sweetest Sound: Popularity Index] "] .Notable people with the surname Phạm
There are many notable people named Phạm, including:
Pioneers
*Phạm Tuân , first Vietnamese cosmonaut and the first Asian in space.Politicians
*Phạm Công Trứ, consultant of the Le and Trinh dynasties
*Phạm Ngũ Lão, prominence general under Trần Hưng Đạo
*Phạm Văn Đồng Prime Minister of North Vietnam (1955-1976) & reunified Vietnam (1976-1987)
*Hung Pham , politician from Alberta, Canada.Literati
*Quang X. Pham , author of A Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey, founder of Lathian Systems
*Andrew X. Pham , author
*Pham Thi Hoai , author
*Pham Xuan Thai, Vietnamese linguistReligious Figures
*Phạm Công Tắc , first twelve disciples of Cao Dai
*Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn Cardinal Priest & Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City in the Roman Catholic Church.Musicians
*Pham Duy , composer and songwriterModels
*Elyzabeth Pham , Miss Wisconsin USA 1999ee also
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Vietnamese name
*Nguyễn References
External links
* [http://static.namesdatabase.com/names2/P/H/Pham.html]
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