How common is the surname Paolini?

1,721 people in the United States had the surname Paolini in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. It ranked 16,644th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Paolini?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Paolini identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Paolini?

Christopher Paolini, author, novelist.

Where is the surname Paolini most common?

Wikidata records people named Paolini in the United States.

Is the surname Paolini getting more or less common?

More common. 1,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,721 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Paolini

An Italian surname, carried by 1,721 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex P450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paolini is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Paolini.

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 1,721 people named Paolini in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,654.

#16,644

rank among US surnames

1,721

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,092)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,635	Debellis	1,723	179,191
#16,641	Cornette	1,722	179,295
#16,644	Pinard	1,721	179,399
#16,652	Baudoin	1,720	179,503

Who is named Paolini

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

93% of people named Paolini identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Paolinis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christopher Paolini
Author, novelist, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Paolini

Paolini has the Soundex code P450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P450.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Paolini come from?: Borrowed from Italian Paolini.
How common is the surname Paolini?: 1,721 people in the United States had the surname Paolini in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,399 Americans. It ranked 16,644th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Paolini?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Paolini identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Paolini?: Christopher Paolini, author, novelist.
Where is the surname Paolini most common?: Wikidata records people named Paolini in the United States.
Is the surname Paolini getting more or less common?: More common. 1,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,721 in 2010, up 4.1%.