Pan (surname)
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For the Chinese surname romanized Pan in Wade–Giles, see Ban (Chinese surname).
Not to be confused with Phạm.
Pān is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the East Asian surname 潘. It is listed 43rd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. It is romanized as P'an in Wade–Giles; Poon, Phoon, Pon, or Pun in Cantonese; Phua in Hokkien and Teochew.
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Pronunciation | Pān (Mandarin) Poon (Cantonese - Hong Kong) |
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Language(s) | Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Derivation | Mi (芈) |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | P'an, Poon, Phoon, Pon, Pun, Phua |
Derivative(s) | Phan, Ban, Han |
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In 2019 it was the 36th most common surname in China.[1]
潘 is also a common surname in Vietnam and Korea. It is romanized Phan in Vietnamese (not to be confused with Phạm) and Ban or Pan in Korean.