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

The Paternoster surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 907 people carried this name — #26,814 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 893 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 543 people named Paternoster 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 159
Flemish Brabant 131
East Flanders 100
Brussels-Capital 48
Antwerp 30
Walloon Brabant 27
Namur 22
West Flanders 21

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 264 people named Paternoster 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 168
City of Buenos Aires 65
Córdoba 31

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Paternoster.

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

Born outside France 14
Nord 43
Paris 22
Vosges 14
Yvelines 14
Isère 13
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Seine-Saint-Denis 3
Pyrénées-Orientales 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Paternoster live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 9
Lucerne 6
Thurgau 6
St. Gallen 5
Zurich 3

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 Paternoster,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fernando Paternoster
    Fernando Paternoster 1903–1967 · association football coach
  • Richard Paternoster 1802–1892 · barrister
  • Jim Paternoster 1875–1954 · Australian rules football player
  • Matt Paternoster 1880–1962 · baker
  • Henry Paternoster 1882–1956 · Australian rules football player
  • Désiré Paternoster 1887– · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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