Pān is the

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

pinyin romanization of the East Asian surname . 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. In 2019 it was the 36th most common surname in Mainland China. 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 The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 cen ...

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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 Ji or JI may refer to: Names and titles * Ji (surname), the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames * Ji (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names (including lists of people with the name) * -ji, an honorifi ...

, a descendant of

King Wen of Zhou King Wen of Zhou (; 1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was Count of state of Zhou, Zhou during the late Shang dynasty in ancient China. Although frequently confused with his fourth son Duke of Zhou, also known as "Lord Zhou", they are different hi ...

. Some members descend from Ji Sun himself, others from his vassals. Another source was a cadet branch of the ruling

House of Mi Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou he ...

() of the

State of Chu Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou hea ...

during the

Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...

. 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 King Mu of Chu (, died 614 BC) was from 625 to 614 BC king of the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. He was born Xiong Shangchen () and King Mu was his posthumous title. Prince Shangchen was the son of King Chen ...

. 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 (, ''Fan'').Shepherd, John R. ''Statecraft and Political Economy on the Taiwan Frontier, 1600–1800'', p. 384. Stanford Uni. Press (Stanford), 1993. One family in particular became members of the local gentry, complete with a lineage to Fujian province.Hong Meiyuan. ''Taiwan Zhongbu Pingpu Zhu'' 'Plains Tribes of Central Taiwan'' pp. 310–15. Academia Historica (Taipei), 1997.

List of persons with the surname

Pan

* Pan Yue (born Zhongmou, modern Zhongmu County, Henan), poet * Pan Jixun, scholar official during the Ming Dynasty *

Pan Hannian Pan Hannian (; 18 January 1906 – 14 April 1977) was a major figure in the Chinese Communist intelligence by the early 1930s and until 1955. He began his work with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1926 as a propagandist with the editorial dep ...

，Chinese Politician *

Pan Men-an Pan Men-an (; born 15 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He has been the Magistrate of Pingtung County since 25 December 2014. Early life Pan was born to a fishermen's family. Education Pan graduated from the graduate institute of continu ...

, Magistrate of

Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pin ...

Pan Qingfu Pan Qingfu (), also known as Grandmaster Pan, was a Chinese martial artist. Grandmaster Pan's awards include a Hall of Fame award from the United International Kung Fu Federation, a Hall of Fame Award from the World Christian Martial Arts Federa ...

, kung fu grandmaster * Rebecca Pan (Poon Dik-wah, Tik-Wa Poon), Chinese-Hong Kong actress and singer *

Pan Shih-wei Pan Shih-wei (; born 27 July 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs from 28 September 2012 and subsequently the Minister of Labor from 17 February 2014 until his resignation on 24 July 2014. Educati ...

, Minister of Labor of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

(2014) *

Wen-Chung Pan Pan Wen-chung (; born 28 November 1962) is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He first served as Minister of Education from May 2016 to April 2018 and returned to the post in January 2019. Education Pan obtained his teaching certificate from ...

(Pan Wen-chung), Deputy Mayor of Taichung (2014–2016) * Will Pan, American-born

Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...

rapper and actor * Pan An-bang, Taiwanese singer *

Pan Jinlian Pan Jinlian () is a fictional character in the 17th-century Chinese novel ''Jin Ping Mei'' (''The Plum in the Golden Vase)'', and a minor character in ''Water Margin'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. She is an arch ...

, fictional character from '' Water Margin'' and ''

The Plum in the Golden Vase ''Jin Ping Mei'' () — translated into English as ''The Plum in the Golden Vase'' or ''The Golden Lotus'' — is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty ...

'' *

Pan Anzi Pan Anzi (born 1977 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese film director. Filmography *''Scheme with Me'' (2012) *''The Palace (2013 film), The Palace'' (2013) *''Crazy New Year's Eve'' (2015) *''For a Few Bullets'' (2016) References External link ...

, Chinese film director * Cindy Pan, Australian-born medical practitioner, best-selling author and media personality. * Consort Pan, imperial consort during the Chinese dynasty Liu Song. She was Emperor Wen's concubine * Pan Mei, Military general and statesman of imperial China's Song Dynasty. *

Pan Mei-chen Pan Mei-chen (; born 30 June 1969) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. Music career Born on 30 June 1969 in Taiwan. Her recording career started in 1987, and she has produced many albums over the years. Her talents range from songwriting to playing ...

, Taiwanese singer *

Princess Pan Princess Pan (潘王妃) (968–989) was the first wife of the future Emperor Zhenzong of Song in imperial China's Song Dynasty. They married in 984 when he was still the Prince of Han (韓王), and she was given the title "Lady of Ju" (莒国� ...

, first wife of the future Emperor Zhenzong of Song in imperial China's Song Dynasty * Pan Shu, Empress of the Eastern Wu, consort of

Sun Quan Sun Quan (, Chinese: 孫權) (183 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the Eastern Wu dynasty, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime es ...

* Pan Wei-chih, Taiwanese goalkeeper *

Pan Wen-Yuan Pan Wen-Yuan (; July 15, 1912 – January 3, 1995) was a Chinese-American electrical engineer. Following a three-decade-long career as a researcher at RCA, he played a key role in establishing the integrated circuit (IC) industry in Taiwan in th ...

, Chinese-American electrical engineer *

Pan Xiaoting Pan Xiaoting (; born 25 February 1982) is a Chinese professional pool player. Professional biography She is the first Chinese woman to play full-time on the WPBA Tour, and has been nicknamed the "Queen of Nine-Ball". WPBA Rookie o ...

(潘晓婷), WPBA Rookie of the Year in 2006, female professional pool player *

Pan Zhang Pan Zhang (died 234), courtesy name Wengui, was a military general serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He continued serving in the state of Eastern Wu (founded by Sun Quan) during the Three Kingdoms ...

Eastern Han Dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

General of the

Eastern Wu Wu ( Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' <

Eastern Han Chinese

: ''*ŋuɑ''), known in h ...

under

* Pan Fu, Chinese politician and Premier of the

during the Beiyang government

Pua

* Tony Pua, Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) *

Pua Hak Chuan Annie Ee Yu Lian (余玉莲 Yú Yùlián; – 13 April 2015) was a Singaporean waitress who was cruelly abused for eight months before she died on 13 April 2015 at the age of 26. Ee's abusers were her 31-year-old childhood friend Tan Hui Zhen (� ...

, Singaporean criminal and murder suspect serving 14 years in jail

Phua

Paul Phua Wei Seng "Paul" Phua (born 29 April 1964) is a Malaysian businessman and poker player. Phua is a casino VIP junket operator who regularly hosts high stakes gambling in Macau. Phua has been called "A Legend in the Gambling World" and the "World's ...

, Malaysian Chinese businessman and poker player * Denise Phua, Singaporean politician and disability rights activist *

Cynthia Phua Cynthia Phua Siok Gek ( zh, c=潘惜玉, p=Pān Xīyù, born 19 August 1958) is a Singaporean business executive and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament of Aljunied GRC for the Paya Lebar Ward from 25 October 2001 to 19 April 2011 ...

, Singaporean business executive and former politician *

Willie Phua Willie Phua (born 20 February 1928) is a Singaporean news cameraman who is known for his news and feature work covering poignant moments in Asian history over more than three decades. He is the subject of an Australian book published in 2010 c ...

, Singaporean news cameraman *

Phua Chu Kang ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'' was a Singaporean sitcom. The sitcom centres on an eccentric general contractor with his trademark yellow boots, curly afro hair and large facial mole. While it carries the traditions of a sitcom, many unusual elemen ...

, fictional protagonist of a popular Singaporean television sitcom *

Phua Bah Lee Phua Bah Lee (; 1932 – 26 December 2021) was a Singaporean politician who was a member of the People's Action Party. He was Member of Parliament for Tampines constituency from 1968 to 1988. During his political career spanning twenty years, ...

, Singaporean politician

Poon

* Albert Poon, race car driver from Hong Kong, notable wins include the 1964 Macau Grand Prix, the 1963 & 1965 Malaysia Grand Prix, the 1968 Selangor Grand Prix *

Annie Poon Annie Poon is an American animator based in New York City. Her short "Runaway Bathtub" is in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art. Poon's works have appeared in other various venues, including the National Gallery, the B ...

, American animator *

Christine Poon Christine Ann Poon (born c. 1952 in Brentwood, Missouri) is an American business executive. She is the former vice chairman of the Johnson & Johnson Board of Directors and worldwide chairman of J&J's Pharmaceuticals Group. Early life Poon ...

, American business executive * Chung-Kwong Poon (潘宗光), president of

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...

Dickson Poon Sir Dickson Poon (; born 19 June 1956) is a Hong Kong businessman in the luxury goods retailing sector. Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong based and listed company Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Nic ...

, owner of the Harvey Nichols chain of department stores * Poon Dik-wah, the Cantonese name of Rebecca Pan *

Joseph Poon Joseph S. Poon is William Barton Rogers Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia. His research applies physics principles to design, synthesize, and investigate amorphous metals, nano-structured materials, and intermetallic compounds. F ...

, physicist * Poon Lim, Chinese sailor who survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic * Kelly Poon, Singaporean Mandarin pop singer * Kevin Poon, a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur, fashion designer, event organizer, and blogger *

Richard Poon Richard Poon (born December 8, 1973) is a Filipino singer-songwriter and TV personality in the Philippines of Chinese descent. He is a former member of the band U-Turn. Early life Poon was born on December 8, 1973, in Makati, Philippines. His ...

, Chinese-Filipino singer-songwriter *

Wena Poon Wena Poon (方慧娜, born 1974) is a lawyer and novelist based in the United States. She writes English-language fiction. Her work has been seen by academics in the UK, US and Singapore as representative of the transnationalism of her generat ...

, a Singaporean-American novelist *

William Poon William "Bill" Poon is a Chinese-British chef and restaurateur. He started his culinary career at a young age. A seventh generation Master Chef, he worked in Macau and his native Hong Kong where he also trained with a Swiss pâtissière. He came to ...

, founder of Poon's restaurants

Ban

Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (; ; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was his country's Minister ...

(潘基文), South Korean diplomat, former UN Secretary General *

Ban Hyo-jung Ban Hyo-jung (born Ban Man-hee on November 27, 1942) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1964 with a bit part in Shin Sang-ok's film ''Rice'', and went on to a prolific career in television drama In film and television ...

(潘曉靜), South Korean actress

Han

* Keiko Han, Japanese voice actress *

Megumi Han is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Atomic Monkey. She is the daughter of the voice actress Keiko Han. Career In 2008, after a general public call for the movie ''Sakura no Sono'', she made her debut as Satoshi Wada while studyin ...

, Japanese voice actress * Han Zenki, professional Go player

Phan

Aimee Phan Aimee Phan is a Vietnamese-American author. She was born and raised in Orange County, California. She received her BA in English from UCLA and her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her first novel, ''We Should ...

, writer/novelist *

Charles Phan Charles Phan (né Toàn Phan; born July 30, 1962) is an American chef, cookbook author, and restauranteur. He is the Executive Chef and founder of "The Slanted Door" restaurant in San Francisco, California and The Slanted Door Group of restaurants ...

, American chef, cookbook author, restaurateur * Dat Phan, comedian, "Last Comic Standing" winner *

John Phan Bon "John" Phan (born October 10, 1974, in Da Nang, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Stockton, California, who is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and is a winner and four-time final tablist of ...

, professional poker player * Joseph Phan, figure skater *

Michelle Phan Michelle Phan (born April 11, 1987) is an American beauty YouTuber. She is the founder and owner of the multimillion-dollar cosmetics line EM Cosmetics. Early life Michelle Phan was born on April 11, 1987, in Boston, Massachusetts. Both her pa ...

, makeup artist * Nam Phan, professional mixed martial artist *

Nicholas Phan Nicholas Phan (last name pronounced /ˈPan/; b. Hartford, Connecticut, January 3, 1979) is an American lyric tenor who has performed internationally with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philha ...

, tenor *

Phan Thanh Giản Phan Thanh Giản ( vi-hantu, ; , November 11, 1796– August 4, 1867) was a Grand Counsellor at the Nguyễn court in Vietnam. He led an embassy to France in 1863, and committed suicide when France completed the invasion of Southern Vietnam ...

(潘清簡), Imperial mandarin, diplomat *

Phan Đình Phùng Phan Đình Phùng (; 1847January 21, 1896) was a Vietnamese revolutionary who led rebel armies against French colonial forces in Vietnam. He was the most prominent of the Confucian court scholars involved in anti-French military campaigns ...

(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 Phan Châu Trinh (Chữ Hán: 潘周楨, 9 September 1872 – 24 March 1926), courtesy name Tử Cán (梓幹), pen name Tây Hồ (西湖) or Hi Mã (希馬), was an early 20th-century Vietnamese nationalist. He sought to end France's colonial oc ...

(潘周楨), 20th century nationalist, writer, anti-colonial activist * Phan Khắc Sửu, President of South Vietnam *

Phan Huy Quát Phan Huy Quát (Hà Tĩnh Province, 12 June 1908 – 27 April 1979) was a South Vietnamese doctor and politician who served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam for four months in 1965. Early life Phan Huy Quát was born in Lộc Hà Dis ...

, Prime Minister of

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...

* Lê Đức Thọ (born Phan Đình Khải), Vietnamese Communist revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician *

Phan Văn Khải Phan Văn Khải (; 25 December 1933 – 17 March 2018) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam from 25 September 1997 to 27 June 2006. Life and career Phan Văn Khải was born on 25 December 1933 in Tan T ...

, former Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam *

Phan Thị Kim Phúc Phan Thị Kim Phúc (; born April 6, 1963), referred to informally as the girl in the picture and the Napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian woman best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize–winning photog ...

, child subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War *

Phan Bá Vành Phan Bá Vành ( 潘伯鑅, died March 12, 1827), a native of Minh Giám village (now Vũ Tiên, Thái Bình Province in coastal northern Vietnam), was the charismatic leader of one of Vietnam's largest peasant uprisings, the Phan Bá Vành's R ...

(潘伯鑅), charismatic leader, 19th century revolutionary *

Phan Khôi Phan Khôi (October 06, 1887 – January 16, 1959) was an intellectual leader who inspired a North Vietnamese variety of the Chinese Hundred Flowers Campaign, in which scholars were permitted to criticize the Communist regime, but for which he hi ...

, author, intellectual leader *

Phan Nhiên Hạo Phan Nhiên Hạo'' is a Vietnamese poet and translator, living in the United States. He was born in Vietnam, came to the US in 1991 and now lives in Illinois. He has a BA in Vietnamese Literature from Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University, a BA ...

, poet and translator *

Phan Nguyên Hồng Phan Nguyên Hồng ( Đức Thọ, 1935) is a Vietnamese academic who is a leading authority on the mangrove ecosystem in Asia, and was awarded the 2008 International Cosmos Prize in recognition of his work. Hồng has been involved in comprehens ...

, leading authority on the mangrove ecosystem in Asia *

Phan Xích Long Phan Xích Long, also known as Hồng Long, born Phan Phát Sanh (1893–1916), was a 20th-century Vietnamese mystic and geomancer who raised an unsuccessful uprising against French rule in Cochinchina from 1913 to 1916. He attempted to explo ...

(潘赤龍), mystic and geomancer *

Phan Quang Đán Phan Quang Đán (6 November 1918 – 26 March 2004) was a Vietnamese political opposition figure who was one of only two non-government politicians who won a seat in the 1959 South Vietnamese election for the National Assembly. Subsequently, he ...

, politician

References

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