Pacific Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Pacific Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pacific Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Colombia311:1,541,09910,974
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pacific (2,211) may also be a first name.

Pacific Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pacific is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pacific? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,218,745th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Pacific live; 47 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 159,062nd most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 2,211 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 14 percent live.

Pacific Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

The amount Pacific earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $19,351,600 COP per year and in Canada they earn 8.21% more than the national average, earning $53,762 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pacifici931,320/
Paccific931/
Pacificke881/
Pasific8618/
Pacifix861/
Pacifique756,115/
Pasifik7114/
Pasifike671/
Pasifique6322/
Paciphique591/

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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 Pacific
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