Pan Surname
Approximately 8,016,289 people bear this surname
Pan Surname Definition:
Corresponds with an Old German name Panno. Ferguson.
Pan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 7,600,692 | 1:180 | 41 |
| Taiwan | 143,581 | 1:163 | 35 |
| India | 62,469 | 1:12,279 | 1,001 |
| Myanmar | 59,484 | 1:873 | 98 |
| South Korea | 29,477 | 1:1,738 | 63 |
| Thailand | 15,953 | 1:4,428 | 134 |
| United States | 15,455 | 1:23,453 | 2,946 |
| Cambodia | 12,336 | 1:1,255 | 310 |
| Singapore | 10,109 | 1:545 | 95 |
| Hong Kong | 8,293 | 1:885 | 110 |
| Guatemala | 5,410 | 1:2,973 | 467 |
| South Sudan | 5,284 | 1:2,160 | 418 |
| Malaysia | 4,779 | 1:6,172 | 796 |
| Spain | 4,297 | 1:10,880 | 1,269 |
| Canada | 3,499 | 1:10,530 | 1,583 |
| Russia | 3,449 | 1:41,787 | 5,598 |
| Philippines | 3,127 | 1:32,376 | 4,764 |
| Australia | 2,549 | 1:10,591 | 1,570 |
| Uzbekistan | 2,215 | 1:13,963 | 2,269 |
| Vietnam | 2,147 | 1:43,151 | 517 |
| Kazakhstan | 2,123 | 1:8,329 | 1,287 |
| Macau | 1,755 | 1:343 | 86 |
| Brazil | 1,365 | 1:156,831 | 6,032 |
| Pakistan | 1,190 | 1:150,121 | 4,083 |
| Italy | 1,023 | 1:59,782 | 10,690 |
| Argentina | 949 | 1:45,040 | 3,805 |
| Indonesia | 823 | 1:160,692 | 15,671 |
| England | 778 | 1:71,617 | 8,196 |
| France | 766 | 1:86,714 | 12,367 |
| Mexico | 740 | 1:167,738 | 4,929 |
| Germany | 732 | 1:109,980 | 13,554 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Colombia | 587 | 1:81,387 | 3,285 |
| United Arab Emirates | 571 | 1:16,046 | 1,943 |
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Japan | 427 | 1:299,401 | 11,136 |
| Turkey | 421 | 1:184,849 | 13,871 |
| Netherlands | 355 | 1:47,570 | 8,128 |
| Ukraine | 335 | 1:135,889 | 19,132 |
| Ivory Coast | 313 | 1:73,710 | 4,096 |
| New Zealand | 294 | 1:15,402 | 2,688 |
| South Africa | 294 | 1:184,278 | 20,137 |
| Uruguay | 275 | 1:12,479 | 1,402 |
| Greece | 273 | 1:40,585 | 6,542 |
| Romania | 220 | 1:91,263 | 10,545 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 187 | 1:31,939 | 5,152 |
| Sweden | 180 | 1:54,704 | 4,230 |
| Panama | 155 | 1:25,240 | 1,566 |
| Ecuador | 150 | 1:106,039 | 6,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 146 | 1:55,847 | 7,111 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Belarus | 131 | 1:72,527 | 11,765 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Austria | 119 | 1:71,558 | 10,916 |
| Suriname | 109 | 1:5,070 | 1,155 |
| Switzerland | 107 | 1:76,756 | 8,915 |
| Turkmenistan | 93 | 1:59,023 | 1,134 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Venezuela | 77 | 1:392,261 | 8,163 |
| Poland | 76 | 1:500,115 | 48,961 |
| Iran | 71 | 1:1,081,444 | 48,589 |
| Belize | 70 | 1:5,078 | 890 |
| Chile | 69 | 1:255,311 | 7,659 |
| Latvia | 67 | 1:30,598 | 4,691 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| Scotland | 56 | 1:95,604 | 6,623 |
| Finland | 52 | 1:105,706 | 10,637 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| Lithuania | 41 | 1:74,014 | 11,104 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Afghanistan | 40 | 1:803,830 | 8,369 |
| Norway | 39 | 1:131,853 | 17,004 |
| Cyprus | 37 | 1:23,916 | 2,715 |
| Denmark | 33 | 1:171,052 | 14,584 |
| Mauritius | 32 | 1:40,419 | 7,602 |
| Ireland | 30 | 1:156,965 | 7,012 |
| Slovenia | 29 | 1:85,782 | 10,816 |
| Costa Rica | 28 | 1:170,717 | 2,334 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| American Samoa | 25 | 1:2,230 | 469 |
| Moldova | 21 | 1:169,589 | 17,028 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Paraguay | 14 | 1:516,910 | 6,745 |
| Georgia | 12 | 1:312,129 | 14,385 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Cuba | 11 | 1:1,047,520 | 6,594 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 1:1,072,125 | 15,755 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Laos | 9 | 1:732,036 | 508 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Transnistria | 8 | 1:59,337 | 8,632 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 1:3,087,648 | 114,684 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Palau | 4 | 1:5,411 | 112 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 93 | 1:539,986 | 37,316 |
The alternate forms: Pán (100) & Pañ (5) are calculated separately.
Pan (150,592) may also be a first name.
Pan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Corresponds with an Old German name Panno. Ferguson.
This name, according to Ferguson, corresponds with an Old German Panno, which Förstemann makes to be the same as Banno. Pan is more probably another form of Pain, Paine. See Pagan.
Pan Demographics
Average Male Pan Height
173.29 cm
Average Female Pan Height
162.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pan (Bengali: পান, Georgian: პან, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻥ, Hindi: पान, Marathi: पान, Oriya: ପାନ, Russian: Пан, Tibetan: པན་) occurs in China more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Pán or Pañ. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 70th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 909 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pan are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Pan is also the 6,973rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 150,592 people.
The surname is most prevalent in China, where it is borne by 7,600,692 people, or 1 in 180. Barring China this last name occurs in 174 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Pan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pan surname increased 16,618 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,683 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus, Orthodox (79%) in Kazakhstan, Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine and Orthodox (63%) in Uzbekistan.
In The United States Pan are 8.16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.39% being registered with the party.
The amount Pan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 73.19% less than the national average, earning €8,051 per year; in Norway they earn 28.89% less than the national average, earning 246,084 kr per year; in Peru they earn 21.72% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,174 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.08% less than the national average, earning R 109,116 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.6% less than the national average, earning $18,934,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.66% more than the national average, earning $50,770 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.87% more than the national average, earning $54,585 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻥ | ban | - |
| Pan in the Hindi language | ||
| पान | pana | 93.79 |
| पं | pam | 2.3 |
| पां | pam | 0.2 |
| पाण् | pan | 0.15 |
| पन् | pan | 0.02 |
| Pan in the Marathi language | ||
| पान | pana | 89.54 |
| पन | pana | 7.95 |
| Pan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାନ | pana | 88.02 |
| ପାଣ | pana | 10.06 |
| ପାନ୍ | pan | 0.32 |
| ପନ୍ | pan | 0.01 |
| ପାଣ୍ | pan | 0.01 |
| Pan in the Georgian language | ||
| პან | pan | 80 |
| ფან | pan | 20 |
| Pan in the Tibetan language | ||
| པན་ | pen | 75 |
| པད་ | pé | 25 |
| Pan in the Bengali language | ||
| পান | pana | 63.16 |
| পন | pana | 36.84 |
| Pan in the Russian language | ||
| Пан | pan | - |
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