How common is the surname DePaul?

2,115 people in the United States had the surname DePaul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,979 Americans. It ranked 14,197th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DePaul?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named DePaul identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named DePaul?

Rodrigo De Paul, Argentine association football player (born 1994), followed by Gene de Paul.

Where is the surname DePaul most common?

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

Is the surname DePaul getting more or less common?

More common. 2,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,115 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname DePaul

An Italian surname, carried by 2,115 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DePaul is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Americanized version of Di Paolo.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,115 people named DePaul in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,979 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,009.

#14,197

rank among US surnames

2,115

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,812)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,191	Majano	2,116	145,910
#14,197	Riggio	2,115	145,979
#14,201	Neher	2,114	146,048

Who is named DePaul

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named DePaul identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous DePauls

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rodrigo De Paul
Argentine association football player (born 1994)
Gene de Paul
American pianist, composer and songwriter (1919-1988)
Vincent De Paul
American actor, born 1968

Notable DePauls come mostly from the United States (2) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like DePaul

DePaul has the Soundex code D140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D140.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname DePaul come from?: Americanized version of Di Paolo.
How common is the surname DePaul?: 2,115 people in the United States had the surname DePaul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,979 Americans. It ranked 14,197th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DePaul?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named DePaul identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DePaul?: Rodrigo De Paul, Argentine association football player (born 1994), followed by Gene de Paul.
Where is the surname DePaul most common?: Wikidata records people named DePaul in the United States and Italy.
Is the surname DePaul getting more or less common?: More common. 2,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,115 in 2010, up 5.3%.