Passway Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Passway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Passway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Passway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Passway is found most in Liberia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Passway? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Passway live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 122,459. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 58 percent live, Gbarpolu County, where 19 percent live and Bomi County, where 11 percent live. Excluding Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 38 percent live and Scotland, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasway | 92 | 2 | / |
| Paswayo | 86 | 10 | / |
| Paswaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Passwea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Paswa | 83 | 767 | / |
| Passwaij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peashway | 80 | 0 | / |
| Passby | 77 | 37 | / |
| Phaswa | 77 | 33 | / |
| Posway | 77 | 20 | / |
| Passwe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Paswah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Paswad | 77 | 4 | / |
| Passua | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pashwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Paswau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paswaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paswaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pasvay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paszwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pasbay | 77 | 0 | / |
| Poswayo | 71 | 1,320 | / |
| Patshwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Paswash | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pashwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peswayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hpatshwayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paisewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pashwas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paschwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poswa | 67 | 6,463 | / |
| Pasua | 67 | 5,873 | / |
| Pasby | 67 | 158 | / |
| Phoswayo | 67 | 89 | / |
| Peswa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Paswi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pasva | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pasba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Paswe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Peachway | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pheaswai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poswy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Passwitt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Passway
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