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

The Pace surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 38,975 people carried this name — #807 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,920 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 828 people named Pace.

Most of them — 551 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 551
Côtes-d’Armor 47
Seine-Saint-Denis 29
Bouches-du-Rhône 25
Paris 18
Ille-et-Vilaine 18
Essonne 16
Alpes-Maritimes 11
Rhône 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

373 people named Pace live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 82
Zurich 78
Aargau 49
Bern 18
Neuchâtel 18
Geneva 17
Thurgau 17
Vaud 15

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 315 people named Pace 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.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 153
Liège 87
Brussels-Capital 35
Flemish Brabant 19
Namur 9
Limburg 7
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Pace in American newspapers,
1915–1947.

Newspaper page from The Patriot carrying the name Pace
The Patriot 1915-01-23
Newspaper page from America carrying the name Pace
America 1918-10-11
Newspaper page from L'Araldo = The Herald carrying the name Pace
L'Araldo = The Herald 1943-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,221,510 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pace,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giulio Pace
    Giulio Pace 1550–1635 · university teacher
  • Giuseppe Pace
    Giuseppe Pace 1826–1866 · politician
  • Petrus Pace
    Petrus Pace 1831–1914 · Catholic priest
  • Anton Pace
    Anton Pace 1851–1923 · politician
  • W. W. Pace
    W. W. Pace 1857–1931 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.

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