The Pakula surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 493 people carried this name — #43,732 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 451 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pakula surname
From Polish Pakuła.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pakula» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
8,002 people named Pakula have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,806 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Pakula.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Nord.
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 the Nordic population registers
59 people named Pakula is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pakula,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pauline Pakula 1868–1943
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Hannah Pakula 1900– · writer
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Mac Pakula 1923–2013 · sculptor
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Alan J. Pakula 1928–1998 · screenwriter
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Hannah Pakula 1933– · writer
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Arūnas Pakula 1944–2004
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pakula.
- Paisley 2,980 · U.S. census
- Paita 146 · U.S. census
- Pajak 1,352 · U.S. census
- Pajon 184 · U.S. census
- Pajor 416 · U.S. census
- Pajot 147 · U.S. census
- Pal 3,844 · U.S. census
- Pala 623 · U.S. census
- Palacio 8,400 · U.S. census
- Palacios 43,798 · U.S. census
- Paladini 230 · U.S. census
- Palama 185 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pakula is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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