All Chinese surnames
孙
Sun
孙 · traditionally 孫 — Sūn
The 12th most common surname in China
May 27, 2026
The same name, spelled differently
A Chinese surname is a character, not a spelling. The Latin letters on a passport come from whichever dialect the name was written down from — so these are all 孙.
- SunMandarin — mainland China, Taiwan
- SuenCantonese — Hong Kong and Cantonese-speaking regions
- SngTeochew
- SenAmoy Hokkien — Xiamen
- SoonHokkien-speaking communities
- SuanHokkien — Chinese Filipino communities
The character
Outside a name, 孙 is an ordinary word meaning grandson.
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 子
- Traditional
- 孫
Words built from 孙
The character does ordinary work in the language too. Each of these is a real word you can look up.