The Tran surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 188,498 people carried this name — #132 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,560 people counted. That is up 39% from 136,095 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Tran surname
Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tran» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,505 people named Tran.
Most of them — 2,198 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,332 people named Tran live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 867 people named Tran live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
468 people named Tran have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,315 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 32 people named Tran live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
7,495 people named Tran are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Tran in American newspapers,
1908–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,644,320 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tran,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thu Tran 1901– · screenwriter -
Patrice Tran Ba Huy 1944– · chief physician -
Huu Can Tran 1950–2023 -
Mimi Tran 1960– · poker player -
Van Tran 1964– · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 103 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tran.
- Trahin 132 · U.S. census
- Train 823 · U.S. census
- Traina 1,850 · U.S. census
- Traini 237 · U.S. census
- Tramont 104 · U.S. census
- Tramontin 137 · U.S. census
- Tranchida 236 · U.S. census
- Tranel 226 · U.S. census
- Trang 2,236 · U.S. census
- Trani 759 · U.S. census
- Transon 102 · U.S. census
- Traore 1,973 · U.S. census
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