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

The Paglia surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,533 people carried this name — #17,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Paglia.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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

Born outside France 34
Rhône 21
Moselle 17
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 11
Ardennes 10
Paris 9
Haute-Saône 9
Var 8
Alpes-Maritimes 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

115 people named Paglia live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 56
Zurich 17
Schwyz 11
Fribourg 9
Geneva 7
Graubünden 5
Vaud 5
Zug 5

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 22 people named Paglia 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 Flemish Brabant.

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

Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 6
Hainaut 6
Liège 5
Limburg 5

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Paglia is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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