The pan Surname
pan Name Meaning and History
- Chinese
: 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 Kisong (also called the Koje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yong. The founding ancestors of these clans were Koryo (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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Pan Surename Origin | Juan Carlos González Pan | 10 |
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| 1906: Leslie Galloway m. Margaret Pan |
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