# Paget (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/paget/  
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) | 874 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,556 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 353,256 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (880 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpædʒət/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Pagett |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paget 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paget in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Paget

- Debra Paget, American actress and entertainer (born 1933)
- Clara Paget, British actress
- Alfred Paget, British actor (1880–1919)
- Bernard Paget, British Army general
- Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, British Earl; (1744-1812)
- Lord George Paget, British Army general
- Edward Paget, British army officer and politician; (1775-1849)

## Similar surnames

Padgett, Paquet, Pickett, Puckett, Post, Paquette, Posada, Pigott, Piggott, Pisciotta, Pizzuto, Peixoto.

## 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.