The Pauls surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,958 people carried this name — #10,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,587 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 110 people named Pauls 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 76 people named Pauls 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 54 people named Pauls.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Hérault.
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
33 people named Pauls live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
In the Nordic population registers
26 people named Pauls is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Pauls in American newspapers,
1919–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,461,663 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pauls,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emil Pauls 1840–1911 · writer -
Johann Pauls 1908–1946 · military officer -
Rolf Friedemann Pauls 1915–2002 · jurist -
Jakob Pauls 1857–2000 · politician
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Otto Pauls 1857– · mathematician
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August Pauls 1873–1956 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pauls.
- Pauli 2,104 · U.S. census
- Paulic 102 · U.S. census
- Paulin 3,689 · U.S. census
- Pauline 872 · U.S. census
- Paulino 11,500 · U.S. census
- Paulo 1,388 · U.S. census
- Paulus 5,171 · U.S. census
- Pauly 3,235 · U.S. census
- Paumier 214 · U.S. census
- Paur 219 · U.S. census
- Paus 249 · U.S. census
- Pause 205 · U.S. census
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