Paulo Forename
195th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,729,795 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal
Paulo Forename User-submission:
Paulo is the Portuguese variation of the name Paul. It comes from Latin paullus, which means 'little', 'short'. Paulo became popular due to St. Paul, an important leader of the Christian church. Initially called Saul, he became Paul after his baptism.
Read More About This ForenamePaulo Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 1,632,663 | 1:131 | 9 |
| Mozambique | - | 306,714 | 1:89 | 6 |
| Angola | 100% | 264,389 | 1:102 | 12 |
| Portugal | - | 207,329 | 1:50 | 6 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 96,890 | 1:545 | 101 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 32,775 | 1:53 | 23 |
| Philippines | 99% | 23,404 | 1:4,530 | 771 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18,214 | 1:6,816 | 699 |
| Uganda | 99% | 15,741 | 1:2,602 | 363 |
| East Timor | - | 14,062 | 1:87 | 22 |
| France | 100% | 13,528 | 1:4,914 | 438 |
| Argentina | 100% | 13,032 | 1:3,282 | 356 |
| United States | 100% | 10,965 | 1:33,063 | 2,194 |
| Chile | 100% | 9,166 | 1:1,921 | 299 |
| Colombia | 100% | 7,844 | 1:6,091 | 657 |
| Peru | 100% | 7,714 | 1:4,121 | 655 |
| Ecuador | - | 3,956 | 1:4,481 | 526 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3,249 | 1:163 | 14 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,217 | 1:14,464 | 953 |
| England | 100% | 2,840 | 1:19,578 | 1,252 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,576 | 1:3,188 | 524 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,567 | 1:21,244 | 2,901 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,391 | 1:12,631 | 1,249 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2,094 | 1:3,456 | 595 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 2,075 | 1:35,580 | 2,545 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,007 | 1:16,509 | 1,603 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,000 | 1:23,154 | 2,148 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,732 | 1:1,979 | 282 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1,483 | 1:10,862 | 913 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,467 | 1:65,902 | 1,667 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,279 | 1:3,728 | 536 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,227 | 1:8,640 | 967 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,147 | 1:492 | 117 |
| India | 95% | 1,052 | 1:1,154,827 | 72,131 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 896 | 1:6,717 | 847 |
| Honduras | 100% | 858 | 1:10,277 | 1,021 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 844 | 1:20,026 | 1,929 |
| Poland | 100% | 754 | 1:50,434 | 1,356 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 693 | 1:277 | 19 |
| Zambia | - | 639 | 1:24,812 | 1,987 |
| Thailand | 100% | 606 | 1:115,620 | 9,255 |
| Panama | 100% | 578 | 1:6,759 | 1,040 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 574 | 1:18,173 | 1,772 |
| Belgium | 100% | 427 | 1:26,909 | 1,795 |
| Malawi | 91% | 402 | 1:42,568 | 2,981 |
| Japan | - | 395 | 1:324,015 | 8,934 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| Egypt | 100% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Cuba | - | 328 | 1:35,081 | 1,319 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 325 | 1:47,458 | 4,178 |
| Samoa | - | 320 | 1:610 | 177 |
| Indonesia | - | 306 | 1:843,019 | 54,955 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Italy | 97% | 274 | 1:222,854 | 3,070 |
| Albania | 100% | 268 | 1:11,368 | 1,722 |
| Sweden | 100% | 265 | 1:37,200 | 2,163 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81% | 257 | 1:31,721 | 3,161 |
| El Salvador | - | 254 | 1:24,968 | 1,173 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Suriname | - | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| New Zealand | - | 196 | 1:23,143 | 1,727 |
| Croatia | 100% | 187 | 1:22,551 | 1,153 |
| Russia | 100% | 182 | 1:792,493 | 7,421 |
| Australia | - | 168 | 1:81,295 | 3,215 |
| Ireland | 100% | 167 | 1:27,806 | 1,178 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 165 | 1:1,076,148 | 26,255 |
| American Samoa | - | 143 | 1:391 | 18 |
| Andorra | - | 138 | 1:601 | 97 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| China | - | 118 | 1:11,576,744 | 59,751 |
| Namibia | - | 111 | 1:21,659 | 1,930 |
| Norway | 100% | 100 | 1:51,323 | 2,107 |
| Finland | 87% | 96 | 1:57,116 | 1,821 |
| Israel | 99% | 85 | 1:98,858 | 4,328 |
| Botswana | - | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| Denmark | - | 82 | 1:68,896 | 2,316 |
| Iceland | - | 82 | 1:4,464 | 557 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 82 | 1:3,295 | 532 |
| Scotland | 100% | 73 | 1:73,293 | 1,955 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Wales | 99% | 52 | 1:59,506 | 1,904 |
| Singapore | 100% | 48 | 1:130,980 | 7,803 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Greece | 100% | 36 | 1:303,737 | 5,099 |
| Macau | - | 36 | 1:16,895 | 334 |
| Jersey | - | 34 | 1:2,941 | 444 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 30 | 1:720,350 | 20,904 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 30 | 1:1,014,998 | 35,717 |
| Estonia | - | 29 | 1:45,358 | 2,735 |
| South Korea | 100% | 29 | 1:191,187 | 7,453 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| Hong Kong | - | 24 | 1:323,030 | 3,752 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Haiti | - | 20 | 1:536,348 | 12,729 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Belarus | 100% | 18 | 1:526,799 | 3,344 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Czechia | 100% | 17 | 1:626,833 | 2,751 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Senegal | 75% | 15 | 1:972,090 | 9,181 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Romania | 100% | 13 | 1:1,542,460 | 22,573 |
| Austria | 100% | 12 | 1:709,517 | 5,762 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 11 | 1:167,559 | 1,705 |
| Liberia | 100% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Slovakia | 83% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 6 | 1:6,309 | 521 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Congo | - | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkey | - | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Pàulo (2), Paulò (1) & Pauló (1) are calculated separately.
Paulo (492,160) may also be a surname.
Paulo Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Paulo is the Portuguese variation of the name Paul. It comes from Latin paullus, which means 'little', 'short'. Paulo became popular due to St. Paul, an important leader of the Christian church. Initially called Saul, he became Paul after his baptism.
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Paulo Demographics
Average Male Paulo Height
172.87 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 13,857 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Paulo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paulo in the Russian language | ||
| Пауло | paulo | - |
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