The Paly surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 112 people carried this name — #137,816 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 187 people named Paly.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
26 people named Paly live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/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 Paly,
with a public archive behind them.
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V. F. Paliy 1912– · entomologist
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Andrei Nikolayevich Paly 1971–2022 · military officer
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Andrei Paly 1976– · politician
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Bar Paly 1982– · actor
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Bar Paly 1982– · actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paly.
- Palos 2,880 · U.S. census
- Paltz 113 · U.S. census
- Palu 407 · U.S. census
- Paluch 1,409 · U.S. census
- Palumbo 11,005 · U.S. census
- Palus 265 · U.S. census
- Palys 312 · U.S. census
- Pam 806 · U.S. census
- Pamphile 533 · U.S. census
- Pan 12,664 · U.S. census
- Panas 634 · U.S. census
- Panattoni 184 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Paly is.
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