The Paulus surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,967 people carried this name — #6,317 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,301 people named Paulus 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 Liège.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,084 people named Paulus.
90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
445 people named Paulus have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 536 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
177 people named Paulus live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paulus.
- Paulic 107 · U.S. census
- Paulin 3,363 · U.S. census
- Pauline 1,005 · U.S. census
- Paulino 7,840 · U.S. census
- Paulo 1,397 · U.S. census
- Pauls 2,587 · U.S. census
- Pauly 3,126 · U.S. census
- Paumier 168 · U.S. census
- Paur 218 · U.S. census
- Paus 277 · U.S. census
- Pause 187 · U.S. census
- Pautler 442 · U.S. census
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