How common is the surname Paschal?

6,075 people in the United States had the surname Paschal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,822 Americans. It ranked 5,709th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Paschal?

Paschal is /ˈpaskəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Paschal getting more or less common?

More common. 6,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,075 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Paschal

A Hebrew surname, carried by 6,075 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpaskəl/ 2 syllables Soundex P240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paschal is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Hebrew origin

From Latin paschālis; ultimately from Hebrew פסח (pésakh). Doublet of Pascal and pascal.

One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,075 people named Paschal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,822 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,057.

#5,709

rank among US surnames

6,075

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,290)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,705	Kuhlman	6,078	50,797
#5,707	Hilbert	6,077	50,806
#5,708	Mayers	6,076	50,814
#5,709	Paschal	6,075	50,822
#5,711	Lavelle	6,074	50,831

Who is named Paschal

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

63% of people named Paschal identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Paschal

Paschal has the Soundex code P240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P240.

Other Hebrew surnames

All 51 Hebrew surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Paschal come from?: From Latin paschālis; ultimately from Hebrew פסח (pésakh). Doublet of Pascal and pascal.
How common is the surname Paschal?: 6,075 people in the United States had the surname Paschal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,822 Americans. It ranked 5,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Paschal?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Paschal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Paschal?: Paschal is /ˈpaskəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Paschal getting more or less common?: More common. 6,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,075 in 2010, up 0.3%.