The ban Surname
ban Name Meaning and History
- Hungarian (Bán): from the old Hungarian personal name Bán.
- Hungarian, Serbian, and Croatian: from Slavic ban or Hungarian bán ‘governor’ (from Avar bajan ‘rich’, ‘rich man’), historically a status name for a regional military or administrative leader (for example the governor of Croatia in the Habsburg Empire).
- Slovenian: probably from a reduced form of the personal name Urban.
- German: variant spelling of Bann.
- Japanese: ‘comrade’. This name is found mostly in eastern Japan. Some families pronounce the same character as Tomo.
- Chinese
: according to legend, during the Spring and Autumn period
(722–481 bc), a noble of the state of Chu was raised and
suckled by a tiger. This tiger’s skin bore markings that resembled the
character for Ban, and his descendants adopted this character,
which may also mean ‘team’, ‘class’, ‘group’ as their surname.
- Korean: variant of Pan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| PETER BAN MAGYAR HUNGARY |
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| Ban, Klobuchar/Klobucar |
guerreka
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| Death of Mr. Mate Ban in China |
davwayell
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| josephine Ban | antonia | 2 |
| james ban from bravo |
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| Sam BAN d. 30 April 1955 - Lake Lotawana, MO |
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luszpinski
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| Ban in Poland |
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| freind Alaa Ibrahim Ismail | Alaa Ibrahim Ismail | 0 |
| freind Alaa Ibrahim Ismail | Ban Sami Wali Alhindawi | 0 |
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