Passini surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Passini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 334 people carried this name — #60,347 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 320 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 438 people named Passini 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 228
City of Buenos Aires 73
Santa Fe 68
Entre Ríos 28
Tucumán 21
Córdoba 20

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 87 people named Passini.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Corsica.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Corsica 17
Var 12
Alpes-Maritimes 10
Finistère 7
Moselle 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Paris 4
Haute-Savoie 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

43 people named Passini live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Graubünden 22
Zurich 13
Geneva 5
Vaud 3

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 Passini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ludwig Passini
    Ludwig Passini 1832–1903 · painter
  • Ludovico Passini 1832–1902 · painter
  • Friedrich Passini 1839–1915 · civil servant
  • Friedrich Passini 1839–1915 · civil servant
  • Rita Passini 1882–1976 · painter
  • Grete von Urbanitzky 1891–1974 · screenwriter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Passini is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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