Paget Surname
Approximately 10,524 people bear this surname
Paget Surname Definition:
Nick 'the page,' diminutive Paget Boy pages seem to have been held in high esteem. No instance, however, occurs in the Hundred Rolls or other contemporary records so far as my observation goes. I presume it is a 14th or 15th century importation from France, and corresponds exactly to our Littlepage and Smallpage, which see.
Read More About This SurnamePaget Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3,903 | 1:17,018 | 1,864 |
| England | 2,655 | 1:20,986 | 2,960 |
| United States | 1,361 | 1:266,318 | 25,078 |
| Canada | 648 | 1:56,860 | 6,714 |
| Australia | 578 | 1:46,705 | 5,845 |
| New Zealand | 339 | 1:13,358 | 2,316 |
| Wales | 242 | 1:12,787 | 1,413 |
| Scotland | 242 | 1:22,123 | 2,519 |
| Argentina | 131 | 1:326,286 | 25,825 |
| South Africa | 70 | 1:773,967 | 53,253 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Ireland | 43 | 1:109,510 | 5,657 |
| Northern Ireland | 34 | 1:54,266 | 4,423 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Belize | 4 | 1:88,868 | 3,294 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 37 | 1:119,726 | 7,101 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,515 | 1:16,089 | 2,365 |
| Wales | 56 | 1:28,007 | 1,576 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:162,749 | 6,621 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 342 | 1:146,838 | 13,702 |
Paget (486) may also be a first name.
Paget Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nick 'the page,' diminutive Paget Boy pages seem to have been held in high esteem. No instance, however, occurs in the Hundred Rolls or other contemporary records so far as my observation goes. I presume it is a 14th or 15th century importation from France, and corresponds exactly to our Littlepage and Smallpage, which see.
Johannes Paget, taylour, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
(a) Bapt. 'the son of Pachet.' If Paget be (occasionally) a corruption of Pachet, then early instances abound in plenty; v. Patchett. Padget or Padgett would also be natural corruptions.
1779. Married — John Briggs and Mary Padget: St. George, Hanover Square.
1807. — John Kellick and Elizabeth Paggitt: ibid.
= Page [q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -e)t.
“Little Page” in Old English.
(English, French) The young male servant; descendant of Padge, a variant of Madge, pet form of Margaret (pearl).
The family may be Norman, but the pedigree only goes back to a London civic official, temp. Henry VIII. The name seems to be a diminutive of page.
William Pachet, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Robert Paget occurs in Norfolk t. Henry I. (Mon. i. 033) soon after 1113. Robert Pachot occurs 1195 (Rotuli Curiae Regis). About 1272 Gilbert Pachet in Suffolk (Rot. Hundr.), and 1302 John Pachet of Westminster (Palgrave, Anc. Calendars, i. 283). From him descended the first Lord Paget (whose name is spelt Pachet in the State Papers t. Henry VIII.), and the Earls of Uxbridge, represented in the female line by the Marquises of Anglesey.
From the Danish, Pagh; from the Dutch, Pagez; from the Flemish, Page, Pagis; a personal name Pagett, the diminutive of Page.
The name of Paget has been for centuries connected with Leicestershire. Besides the ennobled family of the name, there is the branch of Barwell, which goes back to the 16th century (N.).
Paget Demographics
Average Paget Salary in
United States
$47,118 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Paget Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paget Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paget is most common in France. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paget? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 48,930th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 692,469 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Paget reside; 38 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Paget is also the 385,570th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 486 people.
It is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 3,903 people, or 1 in 17,018. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 31 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 27 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 12 percent reside. Other than France Paget exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Paget Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Paget has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Paget surname expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 398 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 432 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,052 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 116 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Paget Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (59%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Paget surname are 20.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.41% registered with the political party.
The amount Paget earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.4% less than the national average, earning 192,423 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 393.93% more than the national average, earning R 1,173,770 per year; in United States they earn 9.2% more than the national average, earning $47,118 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $52,270 CAD per year.
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Paget Reference & Research
Padgett DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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