Pun (surname)

Pun is a surname. It may be:

A surname of the Magar people in Nepal
An English surname of unexplained origin
A Cantonese spelling of the Chinese surname transcribed as Pān in Hanyu Pinyin. This surname has deep historical roots, dating back to the noble family Pan Chong of Chu, from a cadet branch of the ruling House of Mi, and Ji Sun, a descendant of King Wen of Zhou.

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. 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 in the 2000 census. In both censuses, more than four-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian.
Notable people with this surname include:

Kabir Pun, IOM, Nepali, Gorkha Havildar received the Indian Order of Merit - 1st class during the British expedition to Tibet Pun and Grant's broke the wall of Gyantse Dzong and captured Gyantse Fortress.
Tul Bahadur Pun, VC, Nepali, Royal Gurkha Rifles, Honorary Lieutenant, recipient of the Victoria Cross and Burma Star. He is from Myagdi district, Nepal
Om Prasad Pun, Nepali boxer
Narayan Singh Pun, Nepali politician, Cabinet Minister, former King's trusted Minister and Chief Negotiator, pilot Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Nepal Army, founding President of Nepal Samata Party. He was born in Myagdi, Nepal
Serge Pun, Burmese businessman of Chinese descent. Founder of Serge Pun & Ltd, Chairman of, multi-national Real estate firm and Yoma Bank
Mahabir Pun, Nepali teacher, social entrepreneur, Magsaysay Award winner for extending wireless technologies in rural parts of Nepal, web pioneers of Nepal. He is from Myagdi district.
Pun Kwok-shan, Hong Kong politician
Nanda Kishor Pun, Nepali politician, First Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nepal, former Chief Commander of the People's Liberation Army
Barsaman Pun, Nepali politician, former Minister of Energy, Water Resource & Irrigation and Finance Minister, former Deputy Commander of People's Liberation Army and Leader of the Communist Party of Nepal
Dipprasad Pun, CGC, Nepali sergeant of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, recipient of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
Sagar Pun, Nepali cricketer
Pun Wai-yan, Hong Kong rugby union player
Raymond Pun, American research librarian
Pun Sing-lui, Hong Kong performance artist
Suzie Pun, American bioengineer