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    The surname Paes

    A surname, carried by 392 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paes is more common than 67.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 392 people named Paes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 787,616 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 367.

    #52,851
    rank among US surnames
    392
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #52,935)

    Who is named Paes

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

    66% of people named Paes identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Paess

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Juliana Paes
      Brazilian actress, born 1979
    • Dira Paes
      Brazilian actress, born 1968
    • Eduardo Paes
      Brazilian politician and former Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, born 1969
    • Papaléo Paes
      Brazilian politician (1952–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Paes

    Paes has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Paes?
    392 people in the United States had the surname Paes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 787,616 Americans. It ranked 52,851st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paes?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Paes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Paes?
    Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress, followed by Dira Paes.
    Where is the surname Paes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Paes in Brazil.
    Is the surname Paes getting more or less common?
    More common. 367 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 392 in 2010, up 6.8%.