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 surname Passway occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Passway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Passway is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Passway live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in British Isles.
The last name Passway is most frequently held 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 reside, Gbarpolu County, where 19 percent reside and Bomi County, where 11 percent reside. Other than Liberia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 38 percent reside and Scotland, where 14 percent reside.
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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