The Pale surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 366 people carried this name — #55,962 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 345 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pale surname
A surname from Occitan.
Borrowed from Occitan Palèr.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Palé» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Pale.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 46 people named Pale 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pale,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ma'afu Pale 1974– · rugby union player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pale.
- Palas 329 · U.S. census
- Palau 743 · U.S. census
- Palay 149 · U.S. census
- Palazzi 377 · U.S. census
- Palazzo 3,203 · U.S. census
- Palazzolo 3,374 · U.S. census
- Palenzuela 476 · U.S. census
- Palermo 8,165 · U.S. census
- Paletta 537 · U.S. census
- Palin 898 · U.S. census
- Palis 230 · U.S. census
- Palka 1,190 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pale 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.