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Where Does The Last Name Pahl Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Pahl (Marathi: पहल, Oriya: ପାଳ) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Páhl or Pãhl. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pahl? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 27,026^th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 366,614 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Pahl reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Pahl is also the 1,083,225^th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 79 people.

The surname Pahl is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 11,310 people, or 1 in 7,118. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live. Apart from Germany it exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Pahl Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Pahl has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pahl surname grew 989 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,950 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pahl Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Pahl surname are 18.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.93% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pahl earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 175.61% more than the national average, earning R 654,948 per year; in United States they earn 3.1% more than the national average, earning $44,488 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.58% more than the national average, earning $51,460 CAD per year.