Pan (surname)
Pan is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 潘 (Pān). It was listed 43rd among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.
Romanizations
潘 is also romanized as Poon, Pon, or Pun in Cantonese; Phua in Hokkien and Teochew; Ban in South Korean; and Phan in Vietnamese.
Distribution
潘 is the 37th most common surname in mainland China and the 31st most common surname on Taiwan.
Although Chinese make up the largest part of America's Asian and Pacific Islander population,[1] none of the romanizations of 潘 appeared among the 1000 most common surnames during the AD 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 Zhou Wen.[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.[citation needed] 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 on 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
Poon
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Pun
Pon
Phua
Ban
Han
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Phan
- Aimee Phan, writer/novelist
- Charles Phan, celebrity chef, Iron Chef America contestant
- Dat Phan, comedian, "Last Comic Standing" winner
- John Phan, professional poker player
- Jonathan Phan, entertainer
- Michelle Phan, makeup artist
- Nam Phan, professional mixed martial artist
- Nicholas Phan, tenor
- Tim Phan, professional poker player
- Young Phan, professional poker player
- Phan Quoc Bao Han, singer, entertainer
- Phan Thanh Giản (潘清簡), Imperial mandarin, diplomat
- Phan Đình Phùng (潘廷逢), 19th century revolutionary, anti-colonial military leader
- Phan Bội Châu (潘佩珠), 20th century scholar, revolutionary, anti-colonial activist
- Phan Chu Trinh (潘周楨), 20th century nationalist, writer, anti-colonial activist
- Phan Khac Suu, President of South Vietnam
- Phan Huy Quat, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
- Phan Văn Khải, Prime Minister of Vietnam (communist)
- Phan Thị Kim Phúc, child subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War
- Phan Bá Vành (潘伯鑅), charismatic leader, 19th century revolutionary
- Phan Khôi, author, intellectual leader
- Phan Nhien Hao, poet and translator
- Phan Nguyên Hồng, leading authority on the mangrove ecosystem in Asia
- Phan Xich Long (潘赤龍), mystic and geomancer
- Phan Quang Dan, politician
References
- ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Census 2000: Chinese Largest Asian Group in the United States". 4 Mar 2002. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000". 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.
- ↑ "Yutopian, origin of the surname Pan, Poon". www.yutopian.com. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ↑ Shepherd, John R. Statecraft and Political Economy on the Taiwan Frontier, 1600–1800, p. 384. Stanford Uni. Press (Stanford), 1993.
- ↑ Pan Ying. Taiwan Pingpu Zu Shi [History of Taiwan's Pingpu Tribes], pp. 440–62. SMC Publishing (Taipei), 1996. ISBN 957-638-358-7. (Chinese)
- ↑ Hong Meiyuan. Taiwan Zhongbu Pingpu Zhu [Plains Tribes of Central Taiwan], pp. 310–15. Academia Historica (Taipei), 1997. (Chinese)
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