Duan (surname)

Duàn

Pronunciation	Duàn (Mandarin Pinyin) Dan (Korean) Đoàn (Vietnamese)
Language(s)	Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Derivative(s)	Dan

Duan (Chinese: 段; pinyin: Duàn; Korean: 단; RR: Dan; Vietnamese: Đoàn) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be found in China, Vietnam and Korea.

Notable people

Mainland China

• Duan Sui (died 386), a ruler of the Xianbei state Western Yan
• Duan Ye (died 401), the first king of the Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms period
• Duan Siping (893-944), founder of the Kingdom of Dali
• Duan Yucai (1735–1815), philologist
• Duan Qirui (1865–1936), warlord and politician, President of the Republic of China
• Duan Qingbo (1964–2019), archaeologist
• Duan Huiling (Chinese: 段慧玲), Chinese mechanical engineer
• Duan Yixuan (born 1995), singer, actress, and member of the Chinese idol group SNH48
• Duan Aojuan (born 2000), singer, former member of Rocket Girls 101

Vietnam

• Đoàn Thượng (段尚; 1181–1228), general of the Lý dynasty of King Lý Cao Tông and Lý Huệ Tông.
• Đoàn Thị Điểm (段氏點; 1705–1748), female poet

Other

• Tuan Yi-kang, Taiwanese politician
• Mark Tuan, singer and member of South Korean boy group GOT7

See also

• Doãn