# Pace (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,879 |
| US rank (2010) | 868 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,742 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (38,975 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pace 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pace in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Pace

- Lee Pace, American actor
- Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (1944-1977)
- Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Darrell Pace, American archer
- Jackson Pace, actor
- Judy Pace, American actress
- Orlando Pace, American football player

## Similar surnames

Paez, Peace, Paes, Page, Paige, Pack, Pascoe, Pasco, Paek, Pasch, Pac, Paske.

## 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.