Passiniemi Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Passiniemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Passiniemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland251:219,86818,073
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Passiniemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Passiniemi is more commonly found in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Passiniemi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Passiniemi is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Passiniemi are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 219,868. In Finland it is most numerous in: Northern Savonia, where 36 percent live, Southern Ostrobothnia, where 20 percent live and Uusimaa, where 20 percent live. Aside from Finland it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 19 percent live and Germany, where 3 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Passiniemi
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