Pass

Pass is the 7,346th most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,374 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 68,300.

By the numbers

People: 4,374
Rank: 7,346th
How common: 1 in 68,300
Per 100,000: 1.5

Where the name comes from

As an English surname, from a pet form of the medieval name Passe, itself probably a pet form of Pascal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Pass described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 67.2%
Black, not Hispanic 24.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Pass

Joe Pass (1929–1994)American jazz guitarist

People named Pass with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Pass

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.