Paulzen Surname

603,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 514 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Paulzen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paulzen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3691:218,17224,578
Russia1021:1,412,97198,464
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Paulzen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paulzen (Russian: Паульзен) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Paulzen.

How Common Is The Last Name Paulzen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 603,653rd most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. The last name Paulzen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Paulzen live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 218,172. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent are found and Bavaria, where 2 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.

Paulzen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Paulzen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Paulzen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Paulzen last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

Paulzen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paulzen in the Russian language
Паульзенpaulzen-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Paulzen
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