The Paradis surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,973 people carried this name — #5,364 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,778 people named Paradis.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Aisne.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 160 people named Paradis 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Paradis live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Paradis in American newspapers,
1901–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,706 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Paradis,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Theresia Paradis 1759–1824 · composer -
Marie Paradis 1778–1839 · maid -
Marie-Léonie Paradis 1840–1912 · master of novices -
Henri Paradis 1861–1940 · composer -
Philippe-Jacques Paradis 1868–1933 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 132 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paradis.
- Paquette 9,318 · U.S. census
- Paquin 3,882 · U.S. census
- Para 1,123 · U.S. census
- Parache 169 · U.S. census
- Parachini 109 · U.S. census
- Parada 5,790 · U.S. census
- Paradiso 1,822 · U.S. census
- Paradowski 477 · U.S. census
- Paran 186 · U.S. census
- Parascandola 183 · U.S. census
- Paray 143 · U.S. census
- Paraz 104 · U.S. census
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