Than Family History
Than Name Meaning
Burmese: from a personal name usually forming part of a compound name from than ‘million’. — Note: Since Burmese do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US. Vietnamese (Thân): from the Chinese surname 申 see Shen Cambodian: written ថន unexplained. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 陳 based on its Teochew Hokkien or Taiwanese pronunciation see Chen Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 譚 and 覃 based on their Mandarin pronunciation see Tan 1 and
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022