Guan

Summary

Guan is a family name^[1]. Guan ranks in the top 0.97% of family_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month, #110 of 11,396).^[2]

Key Facts

• Guan's instance of is recorded as family name^[3].
• Guan's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters^[4].
• Guan's Commons category is recorded as Guan (surname)^[5].
• Guan's said to be the same as is recorded as Quan^[6].
• Guan's said to be the same as is recorded as Guan^[7].
• Guan's said to be the same as is recorded as Kuan^[8].
• Guan's said to be the same as is recorded as Kwan^[9].
• Guan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Guan (surname)^[10].
• Guan's described by source is recorded as Hundred Family Surnames^[11].
• Guan's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[12].
• Guan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '关'}^[13].
• Guan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '關'}^[14].
• Guan's different from is recorded as 關^[15].
• Guan's transliteration or transcription is recorded as Guān^[16].
• Guan's transliteration or transcription is recorded as Kwan^[17].
• Guan's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12dpwmmj2^[18].
• Guan's exact match is recorded as http://data.library.sh.cn/authority/familyname/l8wbpz6aos41hwct^[19].

Why It Matters

Guan ranks in the top 0.97% of family_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month, #110 of 11,396).^[2] Guan has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Guan is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]