Ban Family History

Croatian Slovenian and Serbian; Hungarian and Slovak (Bán): nickname from Hungarian bán South Slavic ban or Slovak bán ‘governor’. Hungarian Bán was also used as a personal name. Historically the word ban is found mostly as a Croatian status name for a regional military or administrative leader. The surname possibly denoted a person in the service of a ban or one who came from a land under the authority of a ban. As a surname of Hungarian origin Ban is also common in Romania. Slovenian: from a short form of the personal name Urban . Polish: from a pet form of the personal name Benedykt an equivalent of Latin Benedictus (see Benedict ). German: variant of Bann . Japanese: written 伴 ‘comrade’. It is found mostly in eastern Japan. Some families pronounce the same character as Tomo. Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 班 meaning ‘squad’ or ‘theatrical troupe’ in Chinese: from the second character of the personal name Dou Ban (斗班) which was the personal name of a prince a grandson of king Ruo Ao (died c.764 BC) of the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC).7: Chinese: Hokkien or Taiwanese form of the Chinese surname 萬 see Wan 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 馮 possibly based on its Hokkien or Teochew pronunciation see Feng 9: Korean: variant of Pan 9.10: Vietnamese (Bàn): from the Chinese surname 盤 see Pan

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022