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The Paget surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 874 people carried this name — #27,556 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 880 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,728 people named Paget.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Jura.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Jura 404
Paris 171
Haute-Savoie 169
Ain 118
Pas-de-Calais 105
Saône-et-Loire 62
Savoie 62
Doubs 60

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 115 people named Paget 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 81
City of Buenos Aires 21
Santa Fe 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

46 people named Paget live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 17
Vaud 8
Bern 6
Basel-Stadt 6
Zurich 5
Basel-Landschaft 4

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 Paget,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Paget d. 1684
  • Dorothy Paget d. 1734
  • Maude Ross Purser d. 1926
  • Jillian Paget d. 1943
  • Louise Caroline Paget d. 1947
  • Dorothy Paget d. 1957

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Paget.

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