Pankow (surname)

Pankow or Pankov (Панков) is a surname of Slavic origin, used mostly in Russia. In Slavic countries it is reserved for males, while the feminine counterpart is Pankowa or Pankova. It is also a habitational name from a Slavic place name derived from the Slavic element pank, penk "swamp" and -ow "place" (-au). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Pankov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
 * Bill Pankow (born 1952), American film editor
 * Ekaterina Pankova (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
 * Gisela Pankow (1914–1998), French psychoanalyst
 * James Pankow (born 1947), American trombone player and songwriter, founding member of the band Chicago
 * John Pankow (born 1954), American actor, brother of James Pankow
 * Konstantin Pankov (1910–1942), Soviet painter
 * Larisa Pankova (born 1991), Russian road bicycle racer
 * Marina Pankova (born 1963), Russian volleyball player
 * Natalia Pankova (born 1965), Russian artist
 * Nikolay Pankov (born 1965), Russian politician
 * Pavel Pankov (born 1995), Russian volleyball player
 * Radovan Pankov (born 1995), Serbian football player
 * Rudy Pankow (born 1998), American actor
 * Sergei Pankov (disambiguation), several people
 * Steven Pankow (1908–1993), Mayor of Buffalo, New York
 * Vadim Pankov (born 1964), Russian volleyball trainer
 * Vasili Pankov (born 1968), Belarusian ice hockey player
 * Vladimir Pankov (born 1950), Soviet sprint canoer
 * Yevgeni Pankov (born 1983), Russian football player