Pun (surname)
Pun is a surname. It may be:
- A surname of the Magar people in Nepal (पुन)[1]
- An English surname of unexplained origin[2]
- A Cantonese spelling of the Chinese surname transcribed as Pān in Mandarin Pinyin (潘)[2]
| Language(s) | Chinese, English, Magar |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Chinese: Pan, Poon |
According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, there were 783 people with this surname on the island of Great Britain and six on the island of Ireland as of 2011.[2] The 2010 United States Census found 1,197 people with the surname Pun, making it the 21,736th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 861 people (26,614th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, more than four-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian.[3]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Tul Bahadur Pun (1923–2011), Nepali rifleman of the Royal Gurkha Rifles and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Om Prasad Pun (born 1942), Nepali boxer
- Narayan Singh Pun (c. 1949–2008), Nepali politician, member of the House of Representatives
- Serge Pun (born 1953), Burmese businessman of Chinese descent
- Mahabir Pun (born 1955), Nepali teacher and social entrepreneur
- Pun Kwok-shan (born 1961), Hong Kong politician
- Nanda Kishor Pun (born 1966), Nepali politician, second Vice-President of Nepal
- Dipprasad Pun (born c. 1980), Nepali sergeant of the Royal Gurkha Rifles and recipient of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
- Sagar Pun (born 1993), Nepali cricketer
- Barsaman Pun, Nepali politician, former Minister of Finance
Notes
- Burmese names do not have surnames
References
- Noonan, Michael (2008). "The politicization of language in west-central Nepal". In Saxena, Anju; Borin, Lars (eds.). Lesser-Known Languages of South Asia: Status and Policies, Case Studies and Applications of Information Technology. Walter de Gruyter. p. 173. ISBN 9783110197785.
- Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2179. ISBN 9780192527479.
- "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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