The Pagan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,474 people carried this name — #1,528 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 20,702 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 240 people named Pagan 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 Córdoba.
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 191 people named Pagan.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Rhône.
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
24 people named Pagan live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Pagan in American newspapers,
1895–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Pagan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Blaise François Pagan 1604–1665 · astronomer -
Robert Pagan 1750–1821 · judge -
James Pagan 1811–1870 · reporter -
William Pagan 1849– · engineer -
Elizabeth Pagan d. 1858
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Štěpán Pagan 1685–1758 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pagan.
- Padilla 105,365 · U.S. census
- Padovan 177 · U.S. census
- Padovani 459 · U.S. census
- Padre 265 · U.S. census
- Paez 10,433 · U.S. census
- Paga 173 · U.S. census
- Paganelli 542 · U.S. census
- Pagani 762 · U.S. census
- Paganini 342 · U.S. census
- Pagano 8,465 · U.S. census
- Page 82,992 · U.S. census
- Pageau 284 · U.S. census
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