The source treats “蚌” as a surname entry in its “Hundred Family Surnames” section. This confirms only that it belongs to the surname-entry system used by this source; the source does not specify an ethnic or national affiliation.
Bengbu is a place name in present-day Anhui Province, and the Bang surname may have originated from it.
The source says that the compiled material on the surname “蚌” is found in Gui Xing He Lai: Gu Jin Xing Shi Biao, and proposes that Bengbu, a place name in present-day Anhui, may have given rise to the surname. The wording “may” marks this as a possibility rather than a confirmed conclusion.
The surname Bang is recorded in Gui Xing He Lai: Gu Jin Xing Shi Biao.
The available source is a secondary surname-compilation page quoting Gui Xing He Lai: Gu Jin Xing Shi Biao. The supplied text does not provide the book’s original wording, dates, specific people, commandery or hall names, migration distribution, or genealogy generation names; none of these can therefore be confirmed from this source.
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