# Pauling (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pauling/  
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) | 1,767 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,313 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 174,729 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (1,643 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Paulin; the surname of Linus Pauling derives from its German cognate.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pauling 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) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pauling in the United States.

## People named Pauling

- Linus Pauling, American scientist (1901–1994)

## Similar surnames

Poling, Pilling, Pawling, Pullins, Polanco, Plunkett, Plank, Palmisano, Palencia, Polansky, Palmquist, Plunk.

## 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.