Tan / Qin (surname 覃)

覃 is a Chinese surname that can be pronounced in Mandarin as Tán or Qín, with the latter being common among Zhuang people. A 2013 study found it to be the 96th most common surname, shared by 2,400,000 people or 0.180% of the population, with the province-level unit with the most being the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.[1]

Tangya Tusi City (Chinese: 唐崖土司城址; pinyin: Tángyá Tǔsī ChéngZhǐ) is located in Tangya Town (Chinese: 唐崖镇), Xianfeng County, Hubei Province, China. It is the historic capital of Qin clan Tusi (Chinese: 覃氏土司) of Tangya, the Qin clan were the rulers of the Tangya Tusi and hereditarily governed a territory of 600 square kilometres (230 sq mi) for four centuries in the modern-day Xianfeng County. As the capital, the site was built in 1355 (late Yuan dynasty) and abandoned in 1755 (Qing dynasty). [2]

Notable people

Qin
  • Qin Yingji (覃应机; 1915–1992) a People's Republic of China politician from Guangxi
  • Qin Qian (覃茜; born 1964) is a Chinese musician who performs on the erhu. Qin was born in Guangxi, China
  • Esther Qin (覃帆; born 1991) is an ethnic Zhuang Chinese-born Australian diver
  • Qin Zhen (覃振; 1885 – 18 April 1947) was a Chinese politician from Taoyuan County, Hunan

Tan
  • Thum Ping Tjin (覃炳鑫) (born 1979), also known as PJ Thum, is a Singaporean former national swimmer

References
  1. 中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
  2. 土司皇城——唐崖土司城: cnki.com.cn, wenku (baidu)
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