Passaway Surname

290,346th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Passaway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Passaway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1,2891:3,420436
England251:2,228,72284,230
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Passaway Last Name Facts

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

Passaway is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Passaway? popularity and diffusion

The last name Passaway is the 290,346th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Passaway live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 1,289 people, or 1 in 3,420. In Liberia Passaway is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 44 percent are found, Grand Cape Mount County, where 22 percent are found and Bomi County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Liberia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Passaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Passaway has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Passaway last name rose 109 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Passaway Last Name Statistics demography

Passaway earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.59% more than the national average, earning $55,917 USD 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
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  • 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 Passaway
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