The Paz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 17,776 people carried this name — #1,858 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,200 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
1,344 people named Paz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,522 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Paz.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haute-Saône.
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
53 people named Paz live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paz.
- Paye 720 · U.S. census
- Payen 542 · U.S. census
- Payer 827 · U.S. census
- Payeur 488 · U.S. census
- Payne 138,028 · U.S. census
- Paysse 122 · U.S. census
- Pazzaglia 125 · U.S. census
- Pe 412 · U.S. census
- Pean 502 · U.S. census
- Pearce 30,276 · U.S. census
- Pearson 98,728 · U.S. census
- Pecaut 158 · U.S. census
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