de La Paz Surname

20,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Cuba

de La Paz Surname User-submission:

Spanish for Peace.

de La Paz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico12,8131:9,6881,004
Cuba6,9161:1,666252
Spain2,4111:19,3912,136
Philippines1,9931:50,7978,350
Dominican Republic1,4561:7,165649
United States1,0311:351,56131,507
Chile9281:18,9831,247
Ecuador6571:24,2103,226
Peru1951:162,9968,312
Argentina791:541,05639,330
Puerto Rico751:47,3351,111
Canada641:575,71247,839
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
Guatemala541:297,8274,502
Australia501:539,91440,287
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
El Salvador461:137,9111,823
Venezuela431:702,42011,917
Costa Rica351:136,5732,034
Uruguay331:103,99310,112
Singapore301:183,5907,666
France271:2,460,101186,232
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Curaçao191:8,276277
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Guam81:20,0153,029
England71:7,959,723202,100
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
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The alternate forms: de La Pàz (2) are calculated separately.

de La Paz (2,084) may also be a first name.

de La Paz Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Spanish for Peace.

- hazpaz
DNA test information
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de La Paz Demographics

Average Male de La Paz Height

171.51 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 59 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de La Paz Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Paz Come From? nationality or country of origin

de La Paz occurs most in Mexico. It can be rendered as: de La Pàz. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Paz? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 20,464th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 272,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of de La Paz reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 164,965th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 2,084 people.

This surname is most widely held in Mexico, where it is borne by 12,813 people, or 1 in 9,688. In Mexico de La Paz is primarily concentrated in: Guerrero, where 11 percent live, México, where 9 percent live and Coahuila, where 8 percent live. Apart from Mexico it is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Cuba, where 26 percent live and Spain, where 9 percent live.

de La Paz Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Paz earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 49.86% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,720 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.32% more than the national average, earning $29,585,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 41.38% more than the national average, earning $61,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.76% more than the national average, earning $55,031 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de La Pàz962/
de La Pa941/
de La Pea89762/
de La Poz8912/
de La Pas892/
de La Pai891/
de La Paix84579/
de La Pace849/
de La Pass841/
de La Po821/
De-La-Paz782,282/
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