Pan (surname)

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.

For the Chinese surname romanized Pan in Wade–Giles, see Ban (surname).
Not to be confused with Phạm.
Pan (潘)
PronunciationPān (Mandarin)

Poon (Cantonese - Hong Kong)
Pun (Cantonese - Macau)
Phoon (Cantonese - Malaysia)
Phua (Hokkien)
Phan (Hakka)
Phan (Vietnamese)

Ban (Korean)
Language(s)Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
DerivationMi (芈)
Other names
Variant form(s)P'an, Poon, Phoon, Pon, Pun, Phua
Derivative(s)Phan, Ban, Han

In 2019 it was the 36th most common surname in Mainland 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.

Distribution

Pan 潘 is the 37th most common surname in mainland China and the 31st most common surname in Taiwan.

None of the romanizations of Pan 潘 appeared among the 1000 most common surnames during the 2000 US census.[2]

Origins

As with many Chinese surnames, the origins of the Pan are various and sometimes legendary.

One origin was a clan name taken from a fief north of Shaanxi granted to Ji Sun, a descendant of King Wen of Zhou.[3] Some members descend from Ji Sun himself, others from his vassals.

Another source was a cadet branch of the ruling House of Mi (芈) of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period. Among these Pans, Pan Chong served as regent and advisor for the state of Chu. When King Cheng of Chu decided to make a younger son the crown prince, Pan Chong aided the elder prince Shangchen instead. Shangchen forced King Cheng to commit suicide and ascended the throne as King Mu of Chu. Pan Chong was made the "Royal Tutor".

A third source in Taiwan was the adoption of the name by Taiwanese aborigines during their Sinicization. Members of the Plains tribes adopted the surname Pan as a modification of their designated status as barbarians (番, Fan).[4] One family in particular became members of the local gentry, complete with a lineage to Fujian province.[5][6]

List of persons with the surname

Pan

Pua

Phua
  • Paul Phua, Malaysian Chinese businessman and poker player
  • Denise Phua, Singaporean politician and disability rights activist
  • Cynthia Phua, Singaporean business executive and former politician
  • Willie Phua, Singaporean news cameraman
  • Phua Chu Kang, fictional protagonist of a popular Singaporean television sitcom
  • Phua Bah Lee, Singaporean politician

Poon

Ban

Han

Phan

References
  1. "新京报 - 好新闻，无止境".
  2. United States Census Bureau. "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 Archived 2009-12-21 at the Wayback Machine". 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.
  3. "Yutopian, origin of the surname Pan, Poon". www.yutopian.com. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  4. Shepherd, John R. Statecraft and Political Economy on the Taiwan Frontier, 1600–1800, p. 384. Stanford Uni. Press (Stanford), 1993.
  5. Pan Ying. Taiwan Pingpu Zu Shi [History of Taiwan's Pingpu Tribes], pp. 440–62. SMC Publishing (Taipei), 1996. ISBN 957-638-358-7. (in Chinese)
  6. Hong Meiyuan. Taiwan Zhongbu Pingpu Zhu [Plains Tribes of Central Taiwan], pp. 310–15. Academia Historica (Taipei), 1997. (in Chinese)
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