# Pascal (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,124 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,314 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,830 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (2,555 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pæsˈkæl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Latin Paschālis, from paschālis (“Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”), from pascha (“Easter”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), for birth on Easter, or in honor of the 9th-century pope Paschal I (died 824). Doublet of Paschal. The programming language was named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pascal 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pascal in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

## People named Pascal

- Amy Pascal, American film producer and business executive (born 1958)
- Adam Pascal, American actor
- Jean-Louis Pascal, academic French architect (1837-1920)
- Françoise Pascal, actress, celebrity liaison and event organiser
- Francine Pascal, American writer (1932–2024)
- Madeleine Pascal, 1960s French singer

## Similar surnames

Pascual, Pasquale, Pascale, Paschal, Paschall, Pasley, Pagel, Pickle, Paisley, Piccolo, Pickel, Pixley.

## 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.