Pass Surname

41,311th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Pass Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pash' (q.v). One more of the endless variants of this great Easter name.

Richard Pas, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Passe, Sussex, ibid.

Nigel Passe, Norfolk, ibid.

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Pass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,2561:57,9386,869
England2,4311:22,9203,201
Australia5851:46,1465,771
Germany4211:191,22422,171
Canada3441:107,10911,509
Ukraine2891:157,51821,835
South Africa2771:195,58721,102
Pakistan2561:697,82810,515
Austria2481:34,3365,516
Hungary2051:47,8845,129
Russia1971:731,58961,576
Estonia1271:10,4081,483
Papua New Guinea1111:73,4579,617
Nigeria931:1,904,76167,919
India841:9,131,731182,786
Wales771:40,1893,923
Scotland711:75,4065,680
Israel691:124,02413,566
France621:1,071,334116,831
Belgium401:287,41633,962
Poland291:1,310,64781,985
Denmark231:245,42219,084
Latvia211:97,62113,922
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Isle of Man201:4,291899
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Kazakhstan131:1,360,19271,840
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
China51:273,464,31313,838
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1591:21,0312,970
Scotland161:233,9518,207
Wales131:120,6475,000
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7281:68,9827,479

The alternate forms: Pašš (17) are calculated separately.

Pass (558) may also be a first name.

Pass Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pash' (q.v). One more of the endless variants of this great Easter name.

Richard Pas, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Passe, Sussex, ibid.

Nigel Passe, Norfolk, ibid.

William Pas, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johanna Pas, 1379: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

V. Pace.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Pash, a name given to one born during the Passover festival or at Easter.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A narrow entrance; an avenue. Johnson. A topographical term.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Odo Paste, Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Avicia Paste, Robert Passe, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Pass; from the Flemish, Pas; A. Passy; from the German, Pas, Pass, Passe; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pass Last Name Facts

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

Pass (Hindi: पास्स, Russian: Пасс) is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant: Pašš. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pass? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 41,311th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 576,182 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Pass are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Pass is also the 356,054th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 558 people.

Pass is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 6,256 people, or 1 in 57,938. In The United States it is mostly found in: Georgia, where 16 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 102 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Pass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pass surname expanded 859 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 592 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 444 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pass Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (75%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Pass surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% registered with the political party.

The amount Pass earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.63% less than the national average, earning R 133,956 per year; in United States they earn 1.4% less than the national average, earning $42,544 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.68% more than the national average, earning $58,469 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Passe899,693/
Paass89436/
Pauss89105/
Paiss8948/
Phass8929/
Pashs8910/
Pfass894/
Passt894/
Passh892/
Pasds891/
Pasjs891/
Peass890/
Pas8613,765/
Pašš8317/
Paysse80481/
Paasse80107/
Paisse8077/
Peasse8013/
Pausse8012/
Pashsh803/
Passch802/
Passtt802/
Païsse802/
Phauss800/
Pais7555,809/
Poss755,596/
Paas755,504/
Paus755,467/
Pase754,494/
Pash752,790/
Pays752,222/
Pats751,335/
Past751,230/
Peas751,003/
Phas75295/
Pasz75250/
Pahs75186/
Pads75140/
País7530/
Pasd7522/
Païs7519/
Hpas756/
Ppas756/
Póss753/
Pazs753/
Paës752/
Paìs752/
Pasx752/
Pajs752/
Paxs751/
Pasj751/
Pasp751/
Bpas751/
Passova7329/
Passowa731/
Pa67380,078/
Pease6720,391/
Posse676,430/
Pasch675,207/
Pause673,483/
Peash671,820/
Paizs671,218/
Paust671,040/
Paays67717/
Paais67615/
Paish67506/
Paysh67477/
Pfaus67364/
Paise67354/
Pashe67335/
Paszt67330/
Paats67317/
Paist67294/
Peats67279/
Poiss67269/
Patts67234/
Phase67233/
Pausz67206/
Pahus67190/
Paush67182/
Paase67114/
Pauts67110/
Peiss67104/
Patse67102/
Pahas6779/
Peuss6750/
Padse6745/
Phais6737/
Payst6735/
Pajzs6732/
Payse6731/
Phast6729/
Pouss6726/
Pahys6724/
Payts6716/
Paast6713/
Pasht6710/
Paths6710/
Pashh6710/
Poyss677/
Phash677/
Pasce677/
Paisz677/
Pashd676/
Paash675/
Padst674/
Phaas674/
Pahsh674/
Paits673/
Phoss673/
Phats673/
Peast672/
Peads672/
Phaus672/
Patsh672/
Pahst672/
Pooss671/
Possp671/
Peasd671/
Peasz671/
Puoss671/
Ppais671/
Phays671/
Pgoss671/
Padds671/
Phads671/
Possš671/
Paids671/
Hpays671/
Pazhs671/
Pashz671/
Paičs671/
Peazs671/
Paxxs671/
Paszx671/
Ppash670/
Pheas670/
Pauds670/

Pass Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pass in the Hindi language
पास्सpas'sa-
Pass in the Russian language
Пассpass-

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