Posted on: General China Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/China/General?read=204 Surname: ------------------------- Both Fu and Pan are surnames in Mandarin. Which one it is depends on if the person writing it puts first name first (Western style) or first name last (Chinese Style). From looking at the rominized name you had in your message, I would have to say the surname is probably Pan, just because there are few chharacters with that phonetic and most of them are not usualy used as a given name.