Passby Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Passby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Passby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:2,228,72284,230
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Passby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Passby has its highest incidence in England. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Passby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Passby is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Passby are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England Passby is most numerous in: Berkshire, where 52 percent live, Northamptonshire, where 36 percent live and Leicestershire, where 4 percent live. Aside from England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 14 percent live and Scotland, where 11 percent live.

Passby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Passby has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 139 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pasby91158/
Pashby83647/
Pasbay830/
Pessby830/
Paby8030/
Passway7780/
Pheasby7712/
Peaseby770/
Pabey73116/
Phaby73110/
Pabay7371/
Paaby7353/
Pauby7330/
Pasba7310/
Posby739/
Peaby737/
Paxby737/
Pabys737/
Pabyś736/
Pasbi732/
Patby732/
Paboy731/
Payby731/
Pabhy731/
Peasebey710/
Pabaya67288/
Paabay67160/
Paybay6793/
Paibay6731/
Passwe679/
Pasuis677/
Patboy673/
Paubey672/
Pasway672/
Passui671/
Passue671/
Pasvay671/
Patbuy671/
Peabey671/
Phabiy671/
Pashbi671/
Pheaby671/
Pabysh671/
Poshby670/
Pasber670/
Peysby670/
Phabey670/
Pasbes670/

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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 Passby
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