The Passalacqua surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,410 people carried this name — #19,234 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,315 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Passalacqua surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Univerbation of passa + l' + acqua, literally “pass the water”, probably a nickname of some sort.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Passalacqua» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 266 people named Passalacqua live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 157 people named Passalacqua.
59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Var.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 84 people named Passalacqua live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
68 people named Passalacqua live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Passalacqua,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Passalacqua 1690–1748 · architect
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Giuseppe Passalacqua 1794–1849
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Joseph Passalacqua 1797–1865 · entrepreneur
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Vittorio Passalacqua 1903– · lawyer
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Armando Passalacqua 1911–1991 · association football player
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Armando Passalacqua 1911–1991 · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Passalacqua.
- Pasque 106 · U.S. census
- Pasquier 274 · U.S. census
- Pasquin 120 · U.S. census
- Pasquinelli 426 · U.S. census
- Pasquini 755 · U.S. census
- Passa 170 · U.S. census
- Passarelli 1,966 · U.S. census
- Passaro 1,180 · U.S. census
- Passas 129 · U.S. census
- Passe 465 · U.S. census
- Passeri 312 · U.S. census
- Passerini 246 · U.S. census
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