Pawl Surname

624,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 491 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Pawl Surname Definition:

(Scottish, English, French) Descendant of Paul (small); one who came from Paull (pole marking at ferry), in Yorkshire, or from Paul (church of St. Paulinus), in Cornwall.

Pawl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3951:917,61868,923
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
India171:45,121,493474,784
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
England31:18,572,686338,250
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Pawl (125) may also be a first name.

Pawl Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scottish, English, French) Descendant of Paul (small); one who came from Paull (pole marking at ferry), in Yorkshire, or from Paul (church of St. Paulinus), in Cornwall.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Pawl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pawl (Bengali: পল, Tibetan: པོ་འོལ་) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pawl? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 624,505th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Pawl reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 832,731st most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 125 people.

The surname Pawl is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 395 people, or 1 in 917,618. In The United States Pawl is mostly concentrated in: Michigan, where 23 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Illinois, where 14 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Pawl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pawl has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pawl last name rose 940 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pawl Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pawl surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.

The amount Pawl earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 29.57% more than the national average, earning $55,909 USD per year and in Canada they earn 56.5% more than the national average, earning $77,756 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pawle89678/
Pawil89204/
Pawlh8912/
Pawll896/
Pawyl894/
Peawl890/
Pauwel8029/
Pauwil8013/
Paweel802/
Pawuel801/
Pawiel801/
Pawill800/
Powl75139/
Pavl7586/
Pabl7515/
Pewl751/
Pawlowa7352/
Pawlech7317/
Pawlová736/
Paywell730/
Pavle6717,851/
Pabel677,765/
Powel671,471/
Powle67290/
Pabil6757/
Powll6715/
Paaswell678/
Phabl676/
Pavll675/
Pawlowna672/
Pauvl671/
Pewel671/
Poewl671/
Paweł671/
Pfabl671/

Pawl Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pawl in the Tibetan language
པོ་འོལ་pool-
Pawl in the Bengali language
পলpala-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pawl
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis