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

Passby is most common in England. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Passby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Passby live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in British Isles.

Passby is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England it is primarily found in: Berkshire, where 52 percent are found, Northamptonshire, where 36 percent are found and Leicestershire, where 4 percent are found. Barring England it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 14 percent are found and Scotland, where 11 percent are found.

Passby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Passby has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis