Pan / Pun (潘)

Pan is a Chinese surname, written 潘 in simplified Chinese and 潘 in traditional Chinese. Overseas records may show the same surname as Pan、Pun、Poon depending on dialect and migration history.

Mandarin

Pan

Cantonese / Overseas

Pun, Poon

Legacy spelling

P'an

Lingnan record status

Under review

No verified Lingnan village link is published in this MVP sample.

Romanization Matrix

System / Context	Form	Notes
Mandarin Pinyin	Pan	Modern Mainland pinyin spelling for 潘.
Cantonese / Overseas	Pun / Poon	Commonly encountered in Cantonese and overseas Chinese records.
Hokkien & Teochew (Nanyang)	Phua / Phoa / Pua	Dominant Hokkien spellings in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Diaspora & Legacy	Pun / Poon / Phua / Phoa	Family and migration records may preserve older or regional spellings.

Origin notes

Pan is a Chinese surname, written 潘 in simplified Chinese and 潘 in traditional Chinese. Overseas records may show the same surname as Pan、Pun、Poon depending on dialect and migration history.

Pan / Pun is part of the Lingnan Archive surname library. The page records common romanization patterns and source notes, while leaving clan hall, commandery, generation poem and Lingnan village links empty until stronger public sources verify them. Note that the surname 盘 also appears as Pun in Cantonese.

For similar spellings, also see Pan / Pun (盘).

Lingnan relevance notes

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