# DePaul (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/depaul/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,115 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,197 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 145,979 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (2,009 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Americanized version of Di Paolo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named DePaul in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named DePaul in the United States and Italy.

## People named DePaul

- Rodrigo De Paul, Argentine association football player (born 1994)
- Gene de Paul, American pianist, composer and songwriter (1919-1988)
- Vincent De Paul, American actor

## Similar surnames

DePaola, Depaolo, Devall, Davila, Duvall, Duval, Dibble, Deville, Dipaolo, DiPaola, Dubiel, Dippel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.