How common is the surname Pauley?

10,809 people in the United States had the surname Pauley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,564 Americans. It ranked 3,317th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pauley getting more or less common?

More common. 10,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,809 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Pauley also a first name?

Yes. Pauley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Pauley

A patronymic surname, carried by 10,809 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pauley is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Paul.

Pauley is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,809 people named Pauley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,564 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,610.

#3,317

rank among US surnames

10,809

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,124)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,308	Pak	10,846	28,466
#3,309	O'Toole	10,842	28,477
#3,310	Hardwick	10,841	28,479
#3,312	Seibert	10,826	28,519
#3,313	Briseno	10,821	28,532
#3,315	Nolen	10,820	28,535
#3,316	Hardesty	10,817	28,543

Who is named Pauley

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

92% of people named Pauley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pauley

Pauley has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

Questions

Where does the surname Pauley come from?: From a medieval diminutive of the given name Paul.
How common is the surname Pauley?: 10,809 people in the United States had the surname Pauley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,564 Americans. It ranked 3,317th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pauley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pauley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Pauley?: Pauley is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Pauley getting more or less common?: More common. 10,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,809 in 2010, up 1.9%.
Is Pauley also a first name?: Yes. Pauley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.