Phạm is the fourth most common Vietnamese family name from , which may be rendered as ''Fan'' in Chinese or ''Beom'' (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 Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally "Chinese characters", ), Chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally "Confucian characters", ) or Hán tự (漢字, ), is the Vietnamese term for Chinese characters, used to write Văn ngôn (which is a form of Classical Chinese ...

(fàn 'plants, grass' or 'models, limits, pattern').

Frequency

Phạm is a very prevalent last name in Vietnam. Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the fifth-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. It is the 951st most common surname in France and the 455th most common in Australia.

People

Notable people with the surname Phạm include: ;Science Phạm (范) family Vietnamese Five Colours Flag

* Phạm Tuân, first Vietnamese cosmonaut * Frédéric Pham, Vietnamese French mathematician (ref.

Brieskorn–Pham manifold In mathematics, a Brieskorn manifold or Brieskorn–Phạm manifold, introduced by , is the intersection of a small sphere around the origin with the singular, complex hypersurface :x_1^+\cdots+x_n^=0 studied by . Brieskorn manifolds give examples ...

) *

Kathy Pham Kathy Pham is a Vietnamese American computer scientist and product management executive. She has held roles in leadership, engineering, product management, and data science at Google, IBM, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Harris Healthcare, an ...

, computer scientist *

Phạm Đình Hổ Phạm is the fourth most common Vietnamese family name from , which may be rendered as ''Fan'' in Chinese or ''Beom'' (범) in Korean. It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname. Origin Phạm is the Sino-Vietnames ...

- inventor of Vietnamese Chinese Characters Chữ Nôm ;Politics and Military * Phạm Công Trứ, mandarin of the Le and Trinh dynasties * Phạm Ngũ Lão, prominent general under Trần Hưng Đạo * Phạm Văn Đồng Prime Minister of North Vietnam (1955–1976) and reunified Vietnam (1976–1987) * Hung Pham, politician from Alberta, Canada * Pham Le Bong, foreign minister to Bảo Đại (last emperor of Vietnam) * Phạm Ngọc Thảo, colonel in the

Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...

, communist spy * Phạm Phú Quốc, Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilot involved in

1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing On 27 February 1962, the Independence Palace in Saigon, South Vietnam, was bombed by two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots, Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Cử and First Lieutenant Phạm Phú Quốc. The pilots targeted the build ...

* Phạm Văn Phú, ARVN general * Phạm Quang Khiêm,

VNAF The South Vietnam Air Force, officially the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF; vi, Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH; french: Force aérienne vietnamienne, FAVN) (sometimes referred to as the Vietnam Air Force or VNAF) was the aer ...

1st lieutenant who was bast known for stealing C-130A for freedom before the Fall of Saigon * Khanh Pham, American politician ;Arts and entertainment *

Phạm Duy Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one ...

, composer and songwriter * Linh Dan Pham, French Vietnamese actress *

Hoa Pham Hoa Pham is an Australian author of Vietnamese descent. Biography Pham was born in Hobart after her parents arrived there during the 1970s to study. She lives in Melbourne. Pham's most recent novel is ''The Lady of the Realm'', published in ...

, Australian author * Phạm Phi Nhung, Vietnamese American singer *

Quang X. Pham Quang Pham, a Vietnamese American businessman, veteran, author, and community leader, is noted as the first Vietnamese American to earn naval aviator's wings in the U.S. Marine Corps. His family were refugees of the Vietnam War, immigrating to ...

, author *

Andrew X. Pham Andrew X. Pham is a Vietnamese-born American author who is the founder of Spoonwiz. Extended biography Born in Phan Thiet in 1967, Pham's father Thong was a teacher and his mother a laundress. Pham had two sisters, Chi and Kay, and three younger ...

, author * Thái Thanh, 20th century Vietnamese singer, real name Phạm Thị Băng Thanh * Phạm Thị Hoài, author *

Phạm Xuân Thái Frater (lingua sistemfrater), an ''a posteriori'' international auxiliary language, published in ''Frater (Lingua sistemfrater). The simplest International Language Ever Constructed'', in 1957 by the Vietnamese linguist Phạm Xuân Thái. Ph� ...

, Vietnamese linguist * Phạm Xuân Ẩn, Vietnamese journalist and communist spy from South Vietnam *Phạm Xuân Nguyên, pen name Ngân Xuyên, Vietnamese writer and literary translator * Elyzabeth Pham, American Miss Wisconsin USA 1999 *

Phạm Hương Phạm Thị Hương (born 4 September 1991) is a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese model, college lecturer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 on October 3, 2015, at Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang, Nha T ...

, Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Winner * Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng, Actress, TV Host & Model ;Sports *

Thierry Pham Thierry Pham (born 28 April 1962) is a former professional tennis player from France. Career Pham played in a Davis Cup tie for France in 1986, against Turkey, with they won 5–0. He won both of his singles rubbers, over Alaaddin Karagoz and ...

, French professional tennis player * Phạm Thành Lương, Vietnamese football (

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

) player * Phạm Đức Huy, Vietnamese football (

) player * Phạm Như Phương, Vietnamese artistic gymnast * Anathan "ana" Pham, Australian

Dota 2 ''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment's '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.'' ''Dota 2' ...

player * Tommy Pham, American baseball player ;Religious figures * Phạm Công Tắc, first twelve disciples of Cao Dai * Phạm Minh Mẫn Cardinal Priest & Archbishop 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, U.S. nurse who became the first victim in the U.S. to acquire the Ebola virus disease through transmission in the U.S. during the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak *

Phạm Đoan Trang Pham Doan Trang (born 1978 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese author, blogger, journalist, publisher, and democracy activist. She received the 2017 Homo Homini Award from People in Need (Czech Republic), People In Need, who called her "one of the leading ...

Vietnamese human rights activist

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024735/http://static.namesdatabase.com/names2/P/H/Pham.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Pham Vietnamese-language surnames Surnames of Vietnamese origin

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