dos Passos Surname

10,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

dos Passos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

dos Passos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil54,3131:3,941326
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Venezuela561:539,35910,010
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Angola361:749,7002,649
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
United States251:14,498,357517,445
São Tomé and Príncipe241:7,393515
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Paraguay101:723,6758,089
France91:7,380,302306,885
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England41:13,929,515290,718
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

dos Passos Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name dos Passos Come From? nationality or country of origin

dos Passos is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name dos Passos? popularity and diffusion

The last name dos Passos is the 10,294th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 133,279 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of dos Passos are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 54,313 people, or 1 in 3,941. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 15 percent reside, Santa Catarina, where 15 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 0 percent reside and Venezuela, where 0 percent reside.

dos Passos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of dos Passos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the dos Passos last name increased 417 percent between 1880 and 2014.

dos Passos Last Name Statistics demography

dos Passos earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 230.97% more than the national average, earning R 786,516 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to dos Passos
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