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    The surname Pass

    A Polish surname, carried by 4,583 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

    Pass: #7,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pass #7,272, 4,583 people Pass: #7,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pass #7,272, 4,583 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pass is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    * As an English surname, from a pet form of the medieval name Passe, itself probably a pet form of Pascal. * As a German surname, from the noun Pass (“pass, passageway”). * As a Jewish surname, from Polish pas (“belt, girdle”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English passe, referring to passages. Compare Passage.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,583 people named Pass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,368 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,532.

    #7,272
    rank among US surnames
    4,583
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,836)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,265Spikes4,58667,323
    #7,268Fullmer4,58567,338
    #7,270Grube4,58467,353
    #7,272Pass4,58367,368
    #7,274Botts4,58267,382
    #7,275Grajeda4,58067,412

    Who is named Pass

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

    70% of people named Pass identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pass

    Pass has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pass come from?
    * As an English surname, from a pet form of the medieval name Passe, itself probably a pet form of Pascal. * As a German surname, from the noun Pass (“pass, passageway”). * As a Jewish surname, from Polish pas (“belt, girdle”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English passe, referring to…
    How common is the surname Pass?
    4,583 people in the United States had the surname Pass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,368 Americans. It ranked 7,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pass?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Pass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pass getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,583 in 2010, up 1.1%.