Phạm is the fourth most common

Vietnamese family name Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order. * A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound 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

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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 Phạm Tuân ( born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an I ...

, first Vietnamese cosmonaut *

Frédéric Pham Frédéric Pham (born 17 November 1938 in Saigon) is a Vietnamese-French mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is known for the Brieskorn-Pham manifolds (explicit examples of exotic spheres). Education and career Pham studied from 1957 t ...

, Vietnamese French mathematician (ref. Brieskorn–Pham manifold) *

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 Chữ Nôm (, ; ) is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language. It uses Chinese characters (''Chữ Hán'') to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represented ...

;Politics and Military *

Phạm Công Trứ Phạm Công Trứ ( chữ Hán: 范公著, 1600–1675) was a Lê dynasty Vietnamese scholar-official and historian. He was one of the scholar-historians of the Lê dynasty along with Vũ Quỳnh and Lê Hi ( vi) to supplement Ngô Sĩ Liên's Đ� ...

, mandarin of the Le and Trinh dynasties *

Phạm Ngũ Lão Phạm Ngũ Lão (1255–1320) was a general of the Trần Dynasty during the reigns of three successive emperors Nhân Tông, Anh Tông and Minh Tông. His talent was noticed by Prince Hưng Đạo Trần Quốc Tuấn who married his ado ...

, prominent general under Trần Hưng Đạo *

Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam following reunification of North and South Vietnam ...

Prime Minister of North Vietnam (1955–1976) and reunified Vietnam (1976–1987) *

Hung Pham Hung Pham or Hung Kim Pham (born Phạm Kim Hưng; October 2, 1963 in Saigon) is a former politician and information expert in Alberta, Canada. He formerly served as a member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Early life Born and growin ...

, politician from Alberta, Canada * Pham Le Bong, foreign minister to

Bảo Đại Bảo Đại (, vi-hantu, , lit. "keeper of greatness", 22 October 191331 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy (), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was em ...

(last emperor of Vietnam) *

Phạm Ngọc Thảo Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo (IPA: , ), also known as Albert Thảo (14 February 1922 – 17 July 1965), was a communist sleeper agent of the Việt Minh (and, later, of the Vietnam People's Army) who infiltrated the Army of the Republic of Viet ...

, colonel in the

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, communist spy *

Phạm Phú Quốc Phạm Phú Quốc (1935–1965) was a French-trained South Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, best known for being one of two mutinous pilots involved in the 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bom ...

Republic of Vietnam Air Force 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 ...

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 Major General Phạm Văn Phú (1927, Hà Đông, French Indochina – 30 April 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was a graduate of the 8th class of the Dalat Military Academy in 1954. Military ...

, ARVN general *

Phạm Quang Khiêm Phạm Quang Khiêm (born December 27, 1946) was a first lieutenant and co-pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) during the Vietnam War. Khiêm was a cargo pilot with the 53rd Tactical Wing of the 5th Air Division stationed at Tan Son Nhut. ...

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 The Fall of Saigon, also known as the Liberation of Saigon by North Vietnamese or Liberation of the South by the Vietnamese government, and known as Black April by anti-communist overseas Vietnamese was the capture of Saigon, the capital of ...

Khanh Pham Khanh Pham (born 1978) is an American politician and activist serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 46th district. She assumed office on January 11, 2021. Early life and education The daughter of refugees from Sa ...

, 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 Linh Dan Pham (born ; June 20, 1974) is a Vietnamese-born French actress. Biography She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, but moved with her family to Paris, France, a year later, just before the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese and Viet ...

, 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, author * Andrew X. Pham, author *

Thái Thanh Thái Thanh (born Phạm Thị Băng Thanh; August 5, 1934 – March 17, 2020) was a Vietnamese Americans, Vietnamese-American singer. She was one of the most iconic singers of the Western-influenced popular music in Vietnam, known as 'Popular ...

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

Phạm Thị Hoài Phạm Thị Hoài (born 1960 in Gia Lộc, Hải Dương, Vietnam) is an influential contemporary Vietnamese writer, editor and translator, living in Germany. Biography Born in Hải Dương province, Phạm Thị Hoài grew up in North Viet ...

, author * Phạm Xuân Thái, Vietnamese linguist *

Phạm Xuân Ẩn Phạm Xuân Ẩn (September 12, 1927 – September 20, 2006) was a Vietnamese journalist and correspondent for ''Time'', ''Reuters'' and the ''New York Herald Tribune'', stationed in Saigon during the war in Vietnam. He was also simultaneous ...

, 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 The Miss Universe Vietnam is a biennial (two-year frequent) national beauty pageant in Vietnam to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants, Big Four major international beauty p ...

2015 Winner * Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng, Actress, TV Host & Model ;Sports * Thierry Pham, French professional tennis player *

Phạm Thành Lương Phạm Thành Lương (born September 10, 1988) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hà Nội in V.League 1. He was the former captain of the Vietnam national under-23 football team. A skillful player, he is given ...

, Vietnamese football (

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) player *

Phạm Đức Huy Phạm Đức Huy (born 20 January 1995) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a winger for V.League 1 club Thép Xanh Nam Định. Nicknamed "Prince of Arabia" due to his similar outlook like an Arab prince, he is one of the most popular pl ...

, Vietnamese football (

) player *

Phạm Như Phương Phạm Như Phương (born November 25, 2003) is a Vietnamese artistic gymnast. She represented Vietnam at the 2018 Youth Olympics where she was part of the gold medal winning mixed multi-discipline team. Early life Như Phương was born ...

, Vietnamese artistic gymnast * Anathan "ana" Pham, Australian

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player *

Tommy Pham Thomas James Pham (born March 8, 1988) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, and Boston R ...

, American baseball player ;Religious figures *

Phạm Công Tắc Hộ Pháp ("Defender of the Doctrine", commonly translated as "Pope") Phạm Công Tắc (1890–1959) was an important leader in the establishment and development of the Cao Đài religion, founded in 1926.Philippe M. F. Peycam -''The Birth of V ...

, first twelve disciples of Cao Dai *

Phạm Minh Mẫn Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn ( vi, Gioan Baotixia Phạm Minh Mẫn, links=no) (born 5 March 1934) is a cardinal priest and archbishop emeritus of Ho Chi Minh City in the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Born in Cà Mau, Vietnam, Asia, Mẫ ...

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 ''The Story of Phạm Tải and Ngọc Hoa'' (''Phạm Tải – Ngọc Hoa'') is an anonymous 18th Century Vietnamese language epic poem of 934 verses. The poem belongs to the genre of vernacular nôm script verse poems which includes ''Phạm ...

*Pham Thi La, a character in the

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spin-off series Schwarzesmarken. ;Other *

Nina Pham Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") occurred in the United States in 2014. Eleven cases were reported, including these four cases and seven cases medically evacuated from other countries. The first ...

, 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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