Ban (Chinese surname)

For the Korean surname, see Ban (Korean name).
Ban (班)
PronunciationBan (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
MeaningStripes (of a tiger)
Other names
Variant form(s)Pan

Ban is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 班 in Chinese character. It is romanized "Pan" in Wade–Giles. Ban is listed 235th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[when?][2] In 2013 it was the 269th most common surname shared by 273,000 people, comprising 0.021% of the total population and the provincial level unit with the most people having the name being Guangxi.

  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-11.