The Pan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,664 people carried this name — #2,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,300 people counted. That is up 56% from 8,143 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,110 people named Pan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 226 people named Pan.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
185 people named Pan live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 86 people named Pan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
288 people named Pan are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Pan in American newspapers,
1879–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,242,162 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pan Xu d. 215 · politician
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Pan Jun d. 239 · politician
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Pan Chengyou d. 901 · judge
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Pan Chengyou d. 901 · judge
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Pan Shusi d. 956 · military personnel
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Pan Shaozhou d. 1753 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pan.
- Palumbo 11,005 · U.S. census
- Palus 265 · U.S. census
- Paly 112 · U.S. census
- Palys 312 · U.S. census
- Pam 806 · U.S. census
- Pamphile 533 · U.S. census
- Panas 634 · U.S. census
- Panattoni 184 · U.S. census
- Panchot 148 · U.S. census
- Pando 3,065 · U.S. census
- Pandolfi 865 · U.S. census
- Pandolfo 830 · U.S. census
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