Pac
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pac"
English
Etymology 1
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Polish Pac, a hypocoristic short form of several personal names, such as Paweł or Pakosław.
- Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Pač, Páč, from a short form of the personal name Pačeslav.
- Borrowed from Spanish Pac, a topographic surname from pac (“farmstead”).
- Guatemalan surname, from a Castilianized form of a local Mayan word meaning "wooden spoon".
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pac is the 40800th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Pac is most common among White (66.54%) and Hispanic/Latino (27.85%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pac”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
See also
- Pac Heights
- Pacman
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat͡s/
- Rhymes: -at͡s
- Syllabification: Pac
Declension
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