Baan (surname)

Baan is a Dutch surname with a variety of origins. Variant forms are "Baans", "Baen", "De Baan", "De Baen" and "Van der Baan". It can be patronymic, where "Baan" or "Bane" may be, among others, a short form of Urbanus. Alternatively, given that Dutch "baan" can mean "lane" or "track", it may be a toponymic or metonymic occupational surname, referring e.g. to a kaatser or road maker. People with this name include: