In the entire world, Ban (Ban 
, Бан 
, Бань 
, among others...) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name Ban is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but very infrequently male name, Macao, where it is quite a rare male name, and Mongolia, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Iraq, and Algeria. More frequently, Ban is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Ban | China, Romania, Malaysia, India, Myanmar |
| Бан | Kyrgyzstan, Armenia |
| Бань | Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine |
| 반 | South Korea |
| بان | Iran |
Aubain, Baan, Bahn, Bain, Bajan, Bana, Banal, Banat, Band, Bande, Bando, Bane, Banear, Banholt, Bann, Banna, Bannan, Bannata, Bannen, Bannir, Bant, Banu, Bañ, Bań, Bee, Bein, Ben, Bene, Bàñ, Bàň, Bán, Báñ, Báń, Bân, Bâñ, Bâń, Bâň, Bãn, Bãñ, Bãņ, Bãň, Bān, Băn, Băń, Bạn, Bấn, Bần, Bẩn, Bận, Bắn,
Ban is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ban , the fictional character from The Seven Deadly Sins and Ban Midō .
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lu ban Chinese engineer and philosopher (b. 507) |
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đái duy ban Vietnamese physician, biologist, VN (b. 1937) |
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hà ban VN (b. 1957) |
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| shindō ban Japanese painter (b. 1932) |
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| phan van ban Vietnamese dissident, VN (b. 1937) |
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| seong su ban researcher |
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| lim soo ban Entrepreneur, philanthropist and Chinese community leader who established the Lim Shing Hong Goldsmiths' Shop at Hill Street |
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| yong-liang ban researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4028-3503) |
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| dayan ban researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-5271-3163) |
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| vin shen ban researcher |
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| wei ban Yuan dynasty person CBDB = 110074 |
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| ge ban person, CBDB = 162840 |
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| qin ban botanist |
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| radu ban doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science |
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| seon hwa ban researcher |
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