Phạm (范) 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, although matrilineality is possible, in cases such as divorce, children of a single mother, or if a child ...

. It may be rendered as '' Fàn'' in Chinese 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 ( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...

: . Phạm arose in historical sources from around the third century CE. It was the title prepositions before names of kings of

Lâm Ấp Lâm Ấp (Vietnamese pronunciation of Middle Chinese 林邑 *''liɪm ʔˠiɪp̚'', standard Chinese: Línyì) was a kingdom located in central Vietnam that existed from around 192 AD to 629 AD in what is today central Vietnam, and was one of th ...

, kings of

Funan Funan (; , ; , Chữ Hán: ; ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Khmer-Mon Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states ''( Mandala)''—located in Mainland Southeast Asia covering ...

, the eight chiefs of Jiao, and several tribal figures along the Annamite Mountain between the third to the seventh century CE. American historian

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(1998) links the reconstructs the pronunciation of 范 as ''*buam'' and ''*bĭwɐm'' in

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(c. 650 CE) with

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title ''poñ'' which was recorded in various 7th-century Cambodian inscriptions. Later, a Phạm family emerged on the coastal side of the Red River basin in the 10th century. Vickery argues that the term was certainly of

Mon-Khmer The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority popu ...

(

Austroasiatic The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority popu ...

) origin, and the described demographics associated with the term (''*bĭwɐm'' < ''*krum'' ~ ''prum, krom, khom'') are strong linguistic indications of Mon-Khmer. The term is still preserved in few Austroasiatic languages today, such as Temoq ''*puang'' (ritualist) ~ ''puiyang'' (shaman, + nominalizing

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''-iy-'') < ''pauñ'' < ''poñ'', suggesting a pre-Buddhist native Mon-Khmer institution of leadership who possessed both shamanistic ritual and political roles.

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. 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 Tuân Phạm Tuân ( born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam People's Air Force, Vietnamese Air Force fighter pilot and Astronaut#Cosmonaut, cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese people, Vietnamese cosmonaut, and the first person of Asian ori ...

(born 1947), Vietnamese pilot and 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 to ...

(born 1938), Vietnamese-French mathematician *

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 ...

, Vietnamese American computer scientist Politics and military *

Phạm Công Trứ Phạm Công Trứ (chữ Hán: 范公著, c. 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 � ...

(1600–1675), Lê dynasty Vietnamese scholar-official and historian *

Phạm Ngũ Lão Phạm Ngũ Lão (范五老, 1255–1320) was a general of the Trần dynasty during the reigns of three successive emperors Trần Nhân Tông, Nhân Tông, Trần Anh Tông, Anh Tông, and Trần Minh Tông, Minh Tông. His talent was noticed ...

(1255–1320), general of the Trần Dynasty *

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 Viet ...

(1906–2000), Vietnamese politician *

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 the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Early life Born and g ...

(born 1963), Vietnamese Canadian politician *

Phạm Ngọc Thảo 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 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)) who infiltrated the Army of the Republic of ...

(1922–1965), Vietnamese communist sleeper agent of the Việt Minh *

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 b ...

(1935–1965), Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the South Vietnam Air Force *

Phạm Văn Phú Major General Phạm Văn Phú (16 October 1928 – 30 April 1975) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Military service Vietnamese National Army Phú began his military career as an interpreter for the French Far East Exp ...

(1928–1975), Vietnamese officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam * Phạm Quang Khiêm (born 1946), Vietnamese first lieutenant and co-pilot in the South Vietnam Air Force * Khanh Pham (born 1978), American politician and activist * J. Peter Pham (fl. 2000s–2020s), American diplomat 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 ...

(1921–2013), Vietnamese composer and songwriter *

Linh Dan Pham Linh Dan Pham (born , June 20, 1974) is a Vietnamese-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 Cong ...

(born 1974), Vietnamese-born French actress * Hoa Pham, Australian author *

Phi Nhung Phạm Phi Nhung (10 April 1970 – 28 September 2021) was a Vietnamese-American singer, actress and humanitarian. She specialised in Dan Ca and Tru Tinh music. She sang for Paris By Night and :vi:Trung tâm Vân Sơn, Vân Sơn and also ac ...

(1970–2021), Vietnamese-American singer, actress and humanitarian * Quang X. Pham (born 1964), Vietnamese-American businessman and veteran * Andrew X. Pham, Vietnamese-born American author *

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

(1934–2020), Vietnamese-American singer * Pham Thi Hoai (born 1960), Vietnamese writer, editor and translator * Phạm Xuân Ẩn (1927–2006), Vietnamese journalist and communist spy *

Phạm Xuân Nguyên Phạm Xuân Nguyên (born 15 May 1958), better known by his pen name Ngân Xuyên, is a Vietnamese literature, Vietnamese writer and literary translation, literary translator. Personal life and career Phạm Xuân Nguyên was born in Nghệ A ...

(born 1958), Vietnamese writer and literary translator * Phạm Hương (born 1991), Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder * Đan Trường (born Phạm Đan Trường, 1976), Vietnamese singer and actor * Thanh Hằng (born Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng, 1983), Vietnamese actress and beauty pageant titleholder * Hanni Pham (born Phạm Ngọc Hân, 2004), Australian Vietnamese singer, member of girl group NewJeans *

Phạm Đoan Trang Phạm Đoan 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 lea ...

(born 1978), Vietnamese author and democracy activist Sports * Thierry Pham (born 1962), French retired tennis player * Phạm Thành Lương (born 1988), Vietnamese football manager *

Phạm Đức Huy Phạm Đức Huy (born 20 January 1995) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for V.League 1 club Quy Nhơn Bình Định. Nicknamed "Prince of Arabia" due to his similar outlook like an Arab prince. Club career ...

(born 1995), Vietnamese footballer * Phạm Xuân Mạnh (born 1996), Vietnamese professional footballer *

Phạm Tuấn Hải Phạm Tuấn Hải (born 19 May 1998) is a Vietnamese professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Inside forward, forward or a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger for V.League 1 club Hano ...

(born 1998), Vietnamese professional footballer *

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 i ...

(born 2003), Vietnamese artistic gymnast *

ana (gamer) Anathan Pham (born 26 October 1999), better known as ana, is an Australian professional ''Dota 2'' player. As a member of OG, he has played in three iterations of The International, winning in 2018 and 2019, and has also won two Major champi ...

(born Anathan Pham, 1999), Australian professional ''Dota 2'' player *

Tommy Pham Thomas James Pham (born March 8, 1988) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, Cin ...

(born 1988), American professional baseball player Religious figures *

Phạm Công Tắc Phạm Công Tắc (1890–1959) was a Vietnamese leader in the establishment and development of the Caodaism religion, founded in 1926. He was the head spirit medium and chief administrator of Cadaoism in Tây Ninh. He became the most influentia ...

(1890–1959), leader in the establishment and development of the Caodaism religion * Phạm Minh Mẫn (born 1934), Vietnamese cardinal 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 C ...

* Pham Thi La, a character in the

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spin-off series Schwarzesmarken

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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