Passawa Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Passawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 249 | 1:17,705 | 1,814 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
Passawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Passawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Passawa occurs most in Liberia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Passawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 948,111th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Passawa reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 17,705. In Liberia Passawa is most prevalent in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 65 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 25 percent are found and Gbarpolu County, where 4 percent are found. Other than Liberia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 6 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Passawa
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