Pun (surname) explained

Language:	Chinese, English, Magar
Variant:	Chinese: Pan, Poon

Pun is a surname. It may be:

• A surname of the Magar people in Nepal (पुन)^[1]
• An English surname of unexplained origin^[2]
• A Cantonese spelling of the Chinese surname transcribed as Pān in Hanyu Pinyin ^[2]

According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, there were 783 people with this surname on the island of Great Britain and six on the island of Ireland as of 2011.^[2] The 2010 United States Census found 1,197 people with the surname Pun, making it the 21,736th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 861 people (26,614th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, more than four-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian.^[3]

Notable people with this surname include:

• Tul Bahadur Pun VC (1923–2011), Nepali rifleman of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, Honorary Lieutenant-recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Om Prasad Pun (born 1942), Nepali boxer
• Narayan Singh Pun (1949-2008), Nepali politician, member of the House of Representatives, pilot and lieutenant colonel in the Royal Nepal Army, founding president of Nepal Samata Party
• Serge Pun (Chinese: 潘繼澤; born 1953), Burmese businessman of Chinese descent. Founder of Serge Pun & (Hong Kong) Ltd, Chairman of (SPA Group), multinational real estate firm and Yoma Bank (Burma-largest Private Bank)
• Mahabir Pun (born 1955), Nepali teacher and social entrepreneur, Magsaysay Award winner for extending wireless technologies in rural parts of Nepal, web (wireless) pioneers of Nepal.
• Pun Kwok-shan (Chinese: 潘國山; born 1961), Hong Kong politician
• Nanda Kishor Pun (born 1966), Nepali politician, second Vice-President of Nepal, former chief commander of the People's Liberation Army
• Barsaman Pun (born 1971), Nepali politician, former Minister of Energy, Water Resource & Irrigation and currently Minister of Finance.
• Dipprasad Pun, CGC (born 1980), Nepali sergeant of the Royal Gurkha Rifles (British Army), recipient of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
• Sagar Pun (born 1993), Nepali cricketer
• Pun Wai-yan (Chinese: 潘慧欣; born 1995), Hong Kong rugby union player
• Raymond Pun (Chinese: 潘宏), American research librarian
• Pun Sing-lui (Chinese: 潘星磊), Hong Kong performance artist

See also

• Zein Pun (1295–1330), king of Martaban for one week in 1330^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Noonan, Michael. Michael Noonan (linguist)

   . https://books.google.com/books?id=g8DAmULPQU0C&pg=PA173. Michael Noonan (linguist). The politicization of language in west-central Nepal. Anju. Saxena. Lars. Borin. Lesser-Known Languages of South Asia: Status and Policies, Case Studies and Applications of Information Technology. Walter de Gruyter. 2008. 9783110197785. 173.

2. Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Patrick. Hanks. Richard. Coates. Peter. McClure. Oxford University Press. 2016. 9780192527479. 2179.
3. Web site: How common is your last name?. Newsday. 5 September 2018.
4. [Burmese name]