Ngan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngan"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Cantonese 顏 / 颜 (ngaan4).

Proper noun

Ngan (plural Ngans)

  1. A surname from Cantonese.
    • 2016 July 8, Hannah Withiam, “This Olympic dream crushed in most painful way possible”, in New York Post‎[1]:
      Olympic hopeful Alex Ngan didn’t let the closed doors and apologetic gate agent stop him.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ngan is the 27804th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 864 individuals. Ngan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.64%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ngan

  1. Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”).

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