# Pan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,664 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,847 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,380 people |
| Change since 2000 | +56% (8,143 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pæn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 潘.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pan in Australia and Vietnam.

## People named Pan

- Poon Lok Yan, badminton player
- John Phan, American poker player

## Similar surnames

Payne, Paine, Paone, Pane, Phan, Payano, Pena, Pham, Pina, Penn, Pino, Penny.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.