de Paula Surname

1,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 468,201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Paula Surname User-submission:

The surname de Paula comes from the name Paul, which means 'small'. But this surname can mean from a place or family, not necessarily small.

de Paula 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
Brazil456,4401:46960
Dominican Republic4,1441:2,518344
Angola4,1411:6,518870
Argentina6071:70,4175,975
Uruguay5711:6,010668
Spain5701:82,0217,042
Philippines4031:251,21137,527
Portugal3021:34,4972,124
United States2551:1,421,40897,813
France1081:615,02580,926
Paraguay811:89,3432,161
England801:696,47639,547
Italy771:794,24363,344
Cuba491:235,1574,670
Australia321:843,61652,533
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Colombia191:2,514,42513,479
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Curaçao141:11,232389
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Panama131:300,9437,078
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
São Tomé and Príncipe111:16,129920
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
El Salvador61:1,057,3154,053
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Cape Verde51:105,9283,425
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
China21:683,660,78330,601
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Fiji11:894,3914,568
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Guam11:160,1214,893
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113

de Paula (88) may also be a first name.

de Paula Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname de Paula comes from the name Paul, which means 'small'. But this surname can mean from a place or family, not necessarily small.

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de Paula Demographics

Average de Paula Salary in
United States

$75,459 USD

Per year
Rank:
80,058 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.13173E-5
Rank: 128,722 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
174.87%
Sample size: 58 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States

de Paula Last Name Facts

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

de Paula is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Paula? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,139th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,565 people. The surname de Paula occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Paula reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Luso-South America. de Paula is also the 1,017,994th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 88 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 456,440 people, or 1 in 469. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 29 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 27 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent live. Besides Brazil de Paula exists in 62 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent live and Angola, where 1 percent live.

de Paula Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Paula has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 615 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Paula Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Paula earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 47.77% less than the national average, earning €15,685 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.14% less than the national average, earning $20,855,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 74.88% more than the national average, earning $75,459 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.34% less than the national average, earning $40,569 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 Paulla9435/
de Paulas9434/
de Paulaa943/
de Pauloa943/
de Paiula942/
de Paulia941/
der Paula941/
de Pauyla941/
de Pala93229/
de Pula9348/
de Paulo8841,318/
de Pauli881,732/
di Paula88482/
da Paula88218/
de Paule8884/
de Palas8825/
de Palau8823/
de Paila8817/
De-Paula8810/
de Palha884/
de Pauly884/
de Palla883/
de Pulga882/
de Peula881/
de Poula881/
de Payla881/
de Palaz881/
de Pulla881/
de Puula881/
de Paulis821,084/
de Paulos8231/
de Paulli827/
de Pauley825/
de Paulle822/
des Paulo821/
de Paulii821/
de Pauler821/
de Paullo821/
de Paules821/
de Palo803,160/
de Paly807/
de Pola805/
de Pulo803/
di Pala802/
da Pala801/
de Patilla781/
de Patella781/
di Pauli75587/
di Paulo75259/
de Poela7559/
de Pallo7540/
de Palos758/
da Paulo755/
de Paloi754/
de Polla754/
de Palit754/
de Pailo753/
de Pouli753/
de Poulo752/
da Pauli752/
de Pales752/
de-Pauli751/
de Peulo751/
da Pulla751/
de Polay751/
da Palha751/
da Palla751/
de Pasillas744/
de Puello7123/
di Paglia715/
De-Paulis712/
de Puylle711/
de Pulles711/
de Puelle711/
de Puille711/
de Pouler710/
di Palo672,875/
de Poli671,881/
de Polo67567/
de Poly6737/
da Palo671/
da Peyalla671/
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