Phạm

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 in France [ [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 1999

ee also

* Vietnamese name
* Nguyễn

References

External links

* [http://static.namesdatabase.com/names2/P/H/Pham.html]


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