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Pan

in Rhode Island

There are 43 people with the last name "Pan" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Pan 3,318
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  1. is 3,314th most common Ndiaye
  2. is 3,315th most common Nightingale
  3. is 3,316th most common Nye
  4. is 3,317th most common Olivera
  5. is 3,318th most common Pan
  6. is 3,319th most common Parris
  7. is 3,320th most common Pattie
  8. is 3,321st most common Pennine
  9. is 3,322nd most common Pham

Similar Names and Nicknames

Pam, Pen, Pon, Pun, Pin, Pem, Pim, Pum, Pym, Pom

Most Common First Names for Pan

Angelo, Bo, Evelyn, Seap, Yin, Zhai, Chanroum, Chanuom

Meaning & History

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Pan

Chinese 潘: from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 BC (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.

Korean: There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the Kisŏng (also called the Kŏje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yŏng. The founding ancestors of these clans were Koryŏ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.

Spanish and southern French (Occitan): metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).

English and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.

Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).

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