How to pronounce Zhan surname?

Take the surname as an example, which is pronounced the same as "zhān". One of China's surnames. It is not among the hundred surnames, but there are about 980,000 people in China, ranking 272nd among all surnames, accounting for 0.08% of the national population. Pronunciation: when taking a surname, pronounce zhān in Mandarin with a sound; Tide ziam, sharp voice.

Source 1. From GUI. During the Spring and Autumn Period (reigned from 744 to 707 AD), there was a son named Gui, who was known as "the son of Zhan Shu" in history. He was a prestigious scholar, and his prestigious son took Zhan as his surname. Therefore, Zhan's surname is a descendant of the Spring and Autumn Period and belongs to the ancestral surname.

2. from the profession. From the ancient fortune teller, it belongs to the occupation as the surname. In ancient times, there were wizards who specialized in divination, and their descendants took Zhan as their surname.

3. From Jane. Homophonic conversion of dominant sounds. In modern times, because the pronunciation of "Zhan" and "Zhan" is the same (Mandarin, Chaoshan dialect and Hakka dialect are the same), some people think that the latter is a simplified word of the former, so they use it as the surname of Zhan.