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    The surname Panas

    A Greek occupational surname, carried by 634 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Panas is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    Greek origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Greek Πανάς (Panás), a reduced form of the personal name Panagiotis, or an occupational surname for a merchant of cloths, from πανί (paní, “cloth, fabric”). * Borrowed from Polish Panas and Ukrainian Пана́с (Panás), a hypocoristic form of various personal names.

    Panas is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 45 Greek surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 634 people named Panas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 610.

    #35,489
    rank among US surnames
    634
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #35,003)

    Who is named Panas

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Panas identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Panas

    Panas has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

    Other Greek surnames

    All 45 Greek surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Panas come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Greek Πανάς (Panás), a reduced form of the personal name Panagiotis, or an occupational surname for a merchant of cloths, from πανί (paní, “cloth, fabric”). * Borrowed from Polish Panas and Ukrainian Пана́с (Panás), a hypocoristic form of various personal names.
    How common is the surname Panas?
    634 people in the United States had the surname Panas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. It ranked 35,489th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Panas?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Panas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Panas?
    Panas is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Panas getting more or less common?
    More common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 634 in 2010, up 3.9%.