The Paez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,433 people carried this name — #3,420 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,200 people counted. That is up 35% from 7,711 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Paez surname
Anglicization of Spanish Páez, of Galician origin, patronymic form of Paio (“Pelagio”), from Latin Pelagius
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Paez» (English), 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 78,592 people named Paez 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 94 people named Paez.
Most of them — 55 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Paez live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Paez is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Paez in American newspapers,
1854–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,413 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Paez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Paez 1947– · judge -
Manuel Esteban Paez Terán d. 2023 · activist
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Ferdinando Paez 1501–1600
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Carl Paez 1807–1844 · music publisher
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Timoteo Paez 1861–1939 · politician
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Bill Paez 1912–1982 · Australian rules football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paez.
- Padel 105 · U.S. census
- Pader 142 · U.S. census
- Padilla 105,365 · U.S. census
- Padovan 177 · U.S. census
- Padovani 459 · U.S. census
- Padre 265 · U.S. census
- Paga 173 · U.S. census
- Pagan 23,474 · U.S. census
- Paganelli 542 · U.S. census
- Pagani 762 · U.S. census
- Paganini 342 · U.S. census
- Pagano 8,465 · U.S. census
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