The Paula surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,504 people carried this name — #17,323 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Paula.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
59 people named Paula live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Paula in American newspapers,
1899–1948.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 98,421 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paula.
- Patton 64,772 · U.S. census
- Patty 3,111 · U.S. census
- Pattyn 148 · U.S. census
- Paty 369 · U.S. census
- Pau 567 · U.S. census
- Paul 72,248 · U.S. census
- Paulat 122 · U.S. census
- Paule 936 · U.S. census
- Paulen 177 · U.S. census
- Paulet 148 · U.S. census
- Pauletto 109 · U.S. census
- Pauli 1,767 · U.S. census
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