How common is the surname Pauli?

2,104 people in the United States had the surname Pauli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,742 Americans. It ranked 14,248th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pauli?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pauli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Pauli?

Pauli is /pɔː.li/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Pauli getting more or less common?

More common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,104 in 2010, up 19%.

Is Pauli also a first name?

Yes. Pauli 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 Pauli

A German surname, carried by 2,104 people in the United States.

Pronounced /pɔː.li/ 2 syllables Soundex P400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pauli is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Pauli.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,104 people named Pauli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,742 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,767.

#14,248

rank among US surnames

2,104

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+19.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,269)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,247	Mikhail	2,105	146,672
#14,248	Przybylski	2,104	146,742
#14,252	Buttram	2,103	146,812
#14,257	Seyler	2,102	146,882

Who is named Pauli

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

89% of people named Pauli identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pauli

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pauli come from?: Borrowed from German Pauli.
How common is the surname Pauli?: 2,104 people in the United States had the surname Pauli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,742 Americans. It ranked 14,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pauli?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pauli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Pauli?: Pauli is /pɔː.li/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Pauli getting more or less common?: More common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,104 in 2010, up 19%.
Is Pauli also a first name?: Yes. Pauli 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.