# Paulo (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,388 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,469 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 222,439 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.6% (1,397 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paulo 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) | 54% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 25% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 7.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paulo in Brazil and Angola.

## People named Paulo

- Marcos Paulo, Brazilian association football player
- Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo, Brazilian association football player
- Leonel Paulo, Angolan basketball player (born 1986)

## Similar surnames

Paul, Pauley, Pal, Pahl, Pauly, Puleo, Paull, Pauli, Paula, Palo, Puello, Pall.

## 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.