Ban (Chinese surname)

For the Korean surname, see Ban (Korean name).
Ban (班)
PronunciationBan (Mandarin)
LanguageChinese
Origin
LanguageOld Chinese
MeaningStripes (of a tiger)
Other names
Variant formPan

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. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China. 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.

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