Pauwels Surname

25,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Pauwels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pauwels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium16,6851:68912
France2,0041:33,1454,023
Netherlands1,0111:16,7032,581
United States6661:544,23345,071
Germany1171:688,08152,903
Argentina1081:395,77230,408
Canada1061:347,60031,502
Brazil811:2,642,89379,412
South Africa721:752,46852,376
England461:1,211,26256,182
Thailand451:1,569,741208,465
Switzerland381:216,12918,575
Spain321:1,461,00145,498
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Luxembourg51:116,1086,306
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
China21:683,660,78330,601
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Belize11:355,4743,977
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Pauwels (13) may also be a first name.

Pauwels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pauwels (Arabic: باولس) is found most in Belgium. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Pauwels click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pauwels? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 25,521st most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 345,022 people. The last name Pauwels occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Pauwels are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 74 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 16,685 people, or 1 in 689. In Belgium Pauwels is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 86 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 8 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this last name occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in France, where 9 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found.

Pauwels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pauwels has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 13,320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pauwels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pauwels last name are 1.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.03% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pauwels earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 126.98% more than the national average, earning R 539,400 per year; in Colombia they earn 379% more than the national average, earning $108,744,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.15% more than the national average, earning $47,959 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $51,190 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pauwells9350/
Pauwuels932/
Pawels9250/
Pouwels862,467/
Pawells869/
Pauwelz868/
Pauwles864/
Pawelsz861/
Paweles861/
Pauuels861/
Pawls837/
Pouwelse80236/
Pouwells802/
Powels77212/
Pawils7796/
Pawelz7753/
Pawles776/
Pawlsz775/
Pouwls771/
Pawlls770/
Pouewells7514/
Powells71346/
Pawless7154/
Powelss715/
Paubles711/
Pouwles711/
Pawelce711/
Powls67169/

Pauwels Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pauwels in the Arabic language
باولسbawls-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pauwels
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