How common is the last name Paul?

80,097 people in the United States have the last name Paul, about 1 in 3,732. It ranks #396 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PAUL

#396

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
80,097
About
1 in 3,732
This common or more
29.4%
Who bears it

Of the 80,097 people with the last name Paul, 60.5% reported their origin as White, 21.6% as Black and 9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Paul

#394 Warner · 80,118#395 Mccarthy · 80,108#397 Fletcher · 79,835#398 Klein · 79,552

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paul, most common first.

#7,921 Pal · 4,019#8,860 Pahl · 3,549#9,613 Pauly · 3,230#12,500 Paull · 2,368#15,238 Paulo · 1,854#15,422 Paula · 1,831#16,875 Pauli · 1,647#24,511 Paule · 1,063

Also a first name

As a first name, Paul ranks #31 of 53,615, with 907,225 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1957, with 27,076 births. See Paul as a first name

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