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Spelling and Pronunciation of Phạm

Spelling and Pronunciation of Phạm

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Phạm is one of the most common Vietnamese family name (范) being the fourth most common, which may be rendered as Fan in Chinese for instance or Beom/Pom/Pem (범) in Korean.

It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname.

Origin

Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chữ Hán: 范.

Frequency

Phạm is a very prevalent last name in Vietnam. Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the fourth-most common name, accounting for 5% of the approximately 75 million people. It is also quite common in the United States, shared by around 82,000 citizens. ^[1] It is the 951st most common surname in France ^[2] and the 455th most common in Australia. ^{[3] [4]}

People

Notable people with the surname Phạm include:

Science

• Phạm Tuân, first Vietnamese cosmonaut
• Frédéric Pham, Vietnamese-French mathematician
• Kathy Pham, Vietnamese American computer scientist

Politics and military

• Phạm Công Trứ, Lê dynasty Vietnamese scholar-official and historian
• Phạm Ngũ Lão, general of the Trần Dynasty
• Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese politician and Prime Minister of North Vietnam (1955-1976)
• Hung Pham, Vietnamese Canadian politician
• Phạm Ngọc Thảo, Vietnamese communist sleeper agent of the Việt Minh
• Phạm Phú Quốc, Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force
• Phạm Văn Phú, Vietnamese officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• Phạm Quang Khiêm, Vietnamese first lieutenant and co-pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force during the Vietnam War
• Khanh Pham, American politician and activist

Arts and entertainment

• Phạm Duy, Vietnamese composer and songwriter
• Linh Dan Pham, Vietnamese-born French actress
• Hoa Pham, Australian author
• Phi Nhung, Vietnamese-American singer
• Quang X. Pham, Vietnamese-American businessman and veteran
• Andrew X. Pham, Vietnamese-born American author
• Thái Thanh, Vietnamese-American singer
• Phạm Thị Hoài, Vietnamese writer, editor and translator
• Phạm Xuân Ẩn, Vietnamese journalist and communist spy for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War
• Phạm Xuân Nguyên, Vietnamese writer and literary translator
• Phạm Hương, Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Thanh Hằng, Vietnamese actress and model

Sports

• Thierry Pham, French professional tennis player
• Phạm Thành Lương, Vietnamese footballer
• Phạm Đức Huy, Vietnamese footballer
• Phạm Như Phương, Vietnamese artistic gymnast
• Anathan Pham, Australian professional Dota 2 player
• Tommy Pham, American baseball player

Religious figures

• Phạm Công Tắc, leader in the establishment and development of the Caodaism religion
• Phạm Minh Mẫn, cardinal priest and archbishop emeritus of Ho Chi Minh City in the Roman Catholic Church

Fictional characters

• Pham Tai, protagonist of the 18th century epic poem, Phạm Tải – Ngọc Hoa
• Pham Thi La, a character in the Muv-Luv spin-off series Schwarzesmarken

Other

• Nina Pham, first person to contract the Ebola virus in the U.S
• Phạm Đoan Trang, Vietnamese human rights activist

See also

• Fàn (surname)
• Vietnamese name

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024735/http://static.namesdatabase.com/names2/P/H/Pham.html