Passing Surname
Approximately 705 people bear this surname
Passing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 233 | 1:918,774 | 32,884 |
| India | 187 | 1:4,101,954 | 110,376 |
| Germany | 184 | 1:437,530 | 39,196 |
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Pässing (2) are calculated separately.
Passing (72) may also be a first name.
Passing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Passing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Passing (Oriya: ପାସି) is found most frequently in Brazil. It can be rendered as: Pässing. Click here for other potential spellings of Passing.
How Common Is The Last Name Passing? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 474,683rd most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 10,336,945 people. The surname Passing is primarily found in The Americas, where 34 percent of Passing are found; 34 percent are found in South America and 33 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequent forename throughout the world, borne by 72 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 918,774. In Brazil Passing is mostly concentrated in: Santa Catarina, where 81 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent live and Paraná, where 5 percent live. Beside Brazil this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent live and Germany, where 26 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Passing Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Passing in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାସି | pasi | - |
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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 Passing
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