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Paul

in the US

There are 63,608 people with the last name "Paul" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Paul 354
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  1. is 350th most common Thornton
  2. is 351st most common Daniel
  3. is 352nd most common Chandler
  4. is 353rd most common Swanson
  5. is 354th most common Paul
  6. is 355th most common Cummings
  7. is 356th most common Pena
  8. is 357th most common Blair
  9. is 358th most common Ramsey

Similar Names and Nicknames

Paulson, Paulsen, Pauley, Paulino, Paulk, Paulus, Paulin, Paula, Pauly, Paull

Most Common First Names for Paul

John, David, Robert, James, Michael, Richard, William, Mary, Joseph

Meaning & History

English, French, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Paul (Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about AD 34. He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early saints. The American surname has absorbed cognates from other European languages, for example Greek Pavlis and its many derivatives. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear.

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall.

Catalan (Paül): habitational name from any of several places named Paül.

Spanish: topographic name from paúl ‘marsh’, ‘lagoon’.

Spanish: Castilianized form of Basque Padul, a habitational name from a town of this name in Araba province.

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