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    The surname Paiz

    A surname, carried by 4,347 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

    Paiz: #7,638 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Paiz #7,638, 4,347 people Paiz: #7,638 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Paiz #7,638, 4,347 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paiz is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,347 people named Paiz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,025 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,619.

    #7,638
    rank among US surnames
    4,347
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,396)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,629Brann4,35070,976
    #7,633Stites4,34970,992
    #7,637Zabala4,34871,009
    #7,638Grizzle4,34771,025
    #7,641Walcott4,34671,041
    #7,643Kerby4,34571,058
    #7,644Ito4,34471,074

    Who is named Paiz

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

    88% of people named Paiz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Paiz

    Paiz 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 Paiz?
    4,347 people in the United States had the surname Paiz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,025 Americans. It ranked 7,638th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paiz?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Paiz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Paiz getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,347 in 2010, up 20%.