Passian Surname

742,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Passian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Passian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2781:190,43716,384
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Austria191:448,18144,644
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
France91:7,380,302306,885
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Passian (55) may also be a first name.

Passian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Passian is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Passian? popularity and diffusion

It is the 742,570th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. Passian occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Passian reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 55 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 190,437. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 65 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent live and Arusha Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent live and Austria, where 5 percent live.

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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 Passian
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