The Paulk surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,511 people carried this name — #6,206 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,500 people counted. That is up 18% from 4,657 in 2000.

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In print

Paulk in American newspapers,
1887–1916.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Paulk
The Salt Lake Herald 1887-11-16
Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Paulk
The Ocala Evening Star 1908-06-30
Newspaper page from The Tupelo Journal carrying the name Paulk
The Tupelo Journal 1916-10-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,278 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Paulk in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

60 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Paulk. The most, 10, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 17
Queensland 17
Victoria 14
Western Australia 6
Tasmania 3
South Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Paulk.

Who carried it

People named Paulk,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Paulk 1809–1885 · lawyer
  • James Paulk 1920–2005 · politician
  • Earl Paulk 1927–2009
  • Charlie Paulk 1946–2014 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Paulk,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States210 records

210 records of the Paulk name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 162
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 31
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Milton Paulk

    Born 1944; from Vallejo, California. U.S. Army, helicopter pilot; killed in action 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Samuel D. Paulk

    Born 1922 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benning; farmer from Coffee County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Sea Pines Memorial Gardens, Edgewater, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Timothy Dewayne Paulk

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1977, died 1998; buried at Broxton City Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 210 records for Paulk in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Paulk name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record John Robert Paulk

    Born 1938 in the United States; died 1998 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Paulk name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Paulk

    From Rohne. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 4 January 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 170).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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