Pauws Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pauws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pauws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
France411:1,620,066149,911
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pauws Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pauws is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pauws.

How Common Is The Last Name Pauws? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,007,164th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pauws reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 383,799. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 73 percent are found, Flevoland, where 11 percent are found and North Brabant, where 11 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 47 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pauwse915/
Pauw892,893/
Paws89101/
Pawse80199/
Pawss802/
Paubs801/
Pawws801/
Payuw801/
Pawsø801/
Pawsh801/
Paw7510,582/
Puw7571/
Pawshe73302/
Pajouw7356/
Payouw7315/
Phajuw731/
Pauvst731/
Peawse731/
Pouw672,939/
Phaw67148/
Pahw6770/
Paaw6721/
Paiw6719/
Pabs6717/
Phuw6717/
Pauf6712/
Pauv6710/
Paub679/
Peaw677/
Pows676/
Pavs674/
Pafs673/
Pasv672/
Pufs672/
Pfaw672/
Peuw672/
Pajw672/
Pubs672/
Puew672/
Puwt672/
Paww672/
Pujw671/
Puiw671/
Pasf671/
Puww671/
Puwh671/
Puwf671/
Pusw671/
Bpaw671/
Puow671/
Pawf670/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Pauws
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