Passa Surname
Approximately 4,464 people bear this surname
Passa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 870 | 1:23,872 | 3,228 |
| Greece | 818 | 1:13,545 | 1,828 |
| Italy | 796 | 1:76,830 | 13,483 |
| Indonesia | 604 | 1:218,956 | 20,476 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| United States | 204 | 1:1,776,759 | 116,838 |
| Thailand | 164 | 1:430,722 | 75,465 |
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| New Caledonia | 94 | 1:2,939 | 404 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Canada | 68 | 1:541,847 | 45,466 |
| Hungary | 58 | 1:169,246 | 14,882 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Pässa (8) are calculated separately.
Passa (609) may also be a first name.
Passa Demographics
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Passa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Passa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Passa (Hindi: पस्सा, Marathi: पासा, Russian: Пасса, Tibetan: པ་སངས་) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms: Pässa. Click here to see other possible spellings of Passa.
How Common Is The Last Name Passa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Passa is the 104,984th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,632,515 people. Passa occurs mostly in Europe, where 41 percent of Passa are found; 25 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 338,553rd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 609 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 870 people, or 1 in 23,872. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 61 percent live, Centre Region, where 27 percent live and Littoral Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 56 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 18 percent live and Italy, where 18 percent live.
Passa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Passa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Passa surname grew 2,040 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Passa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Passa surname are 1.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.43% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Passa earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 11.95% less than the national average, earning €26,441 per year; in United States they earn 2.17% less than the national average, earning $42,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.66% more than the national average, earning $53,491 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Passa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Passa in the Hindi language | ||
| पस्सा | pas'sa | - |
| Passa in the Marathi language | ||
| पासा | pasa | - |
| Passa in the Tibetan language | ||
| པ་སངས་ | pasang | 62.5 |
| པ་ས། | pasa | 12.5 |
| སྤ་སངས་ | pasang | 12.5 |
| པ་སངས། | pasang | 12.5 |
| Passa in the Russian language | ||
| Пасса | passa | - |
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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 Passa
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