The Paur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 219 people carried this name — #85,357 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (218).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Paur.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Doubs.
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
25 people named Paur live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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.
Who carried it
People named Paur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Georg Paur 1648–1730 · miller
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Johannes Georg Paur 1648–1730 · miller
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Franz Peter von Paur 1703–1757
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Ignaz Paur 1723–1780 · artist
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Bernhard Paur 1723–1794
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Johann Joachim von Paur 1731–1809 · master builder
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paur.
- Paulino 11,500 · U.S. census
- Paulo 1,388 · U.S. census
- Pauls 2,958 · U.S. census
- Paulus 5,171 · U.S. census
- Pauly 3,235 · U.S. census
- Paumier 214 · U.S. census
- Paus 249 · U.S. census
- Pause 205 · U.S. census
- Pautler 411 · U.S. census
- Pauwels 489 · U.S. census
- Pauze 194 · U.S. census
- Pavan 346 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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