as a Last Name
- 10,208
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Pan
Meaning & Origins
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.
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,208
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Pan per capita
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