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An

family name (安)
Intangible chinese_family_name Q45749
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Summary

An is a Chinese family name[1]. An draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (chinese family name category, ranking #46 of 130).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: family name[3]
  • Writing system: Chinese characters[4]
  • Commons category: An (surname)[5]
  • Language of work or name: Chinese[6]
  • Said to be the same as: An[7], Ahn[8], On[9]
  • Has part(s): Ahn[10]
  • Described by source: Hundred Family Surnames[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12]
  • Native label: 安[13]
  • Different from: AN[14], Ань[15], 안[16], 安[17]
  • Transliteration or transcription: Ān[18], On[19]

Why It Matters

An has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] An is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

An Lushan Liu Yifei

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2h ago · TaePnn · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'gan', 'id', 'ja', 'no', 'ru', 'vi', 'zh', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||fr, en */"
  2. 12w ago · MSGJ · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Hundred Family Surnames, Gujin Tushu Jicheng
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → Chinese family name, family name
    Has part(s) → Ahn
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||zh, ja, yue, zh-hant, zh-tw, lzh, zh-cn, zh-hans, zh-hk, zh-mo, zh-my, zh-sg, gan, gan-hans, gan-hant, nl, th, sv, et */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases s"
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