Ban

See also: ban

English

Etymology

• As a Hungarian surname, from Bán.
• As a Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian surname, from bán (“governor”), probably related to Avar баян (bajan, “rich man”).
• As a Slovene, reduced from Urban.
• As a German surname, spelling variant of Bann.
• As a Japanese surname, from 坂 (Ban).
• As a Korean surname, spelling variant of Pan.
• As a Chinese surname, from 班 (Bān).

Proper noun

Ban (plural Bans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ban is the 14768^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2011 individuals. Ban is most common among White (48.28%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (42.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ban”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93.

Anagrams

• -nab, -nab-, ABN, BNA, NAB, NBA, nab, nab-

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Romanian

Etymology

From ban.

Proper noun

Ban m (genitive/dative lui Ban)

1. a surname