Xuan (surname) explained

Hsuan / Xuan (宣)
Pronunciation:	Xuān (Mandarin)
Language:	Chinese
Language origin:	Old Chinese
Variant:	Hsüan, Hsuan

Xuan is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written as a Chinese character. It is romanized Hsüan in Wade–Giles. It is not among the top 300 most common Chinese surnames.^[1]

Notable people

• Xuan Zeng (宣缯); fl. early 13th century), high minister of the Southern Song dynasty
• Xuan Xiafu (宣侠父; 1899–1938), Communist agent assassinated by the KMT
• Xuan Jinglin (宣景琳; 1907–1992), actress
• Hsuan Ming-chih (宣明智; born 1952), former general manager of UMC
• Jessica Hsuan or Xuan Xuan (born 1970), Hong Kong actress
• Xuan Zan, fictional character in the classical novel Water Margin

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm . zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）. 300 most common surnames in China (2008) . Taiwan.cn . zh . 2009-01-06 . 2014-09-18.