# Pauwels (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pauwels/  
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) | 489 |
| US rank (2010) | 44,034 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 631,381 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (409 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pauwels 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) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pauwels in Belgium.

## People named Pauwels

- Eddy Pauwels, Belgian cyclist (1935–2017)
- Kevin Pauwels, Belgian racing cyclist
- Thierry Pauwels, Belgian astronomer from the Royal Observatory of Belgium
- Ferdinand Pauwels, Belgian artist (1830-1904)

## Similar surnames

Paulk, Paulus, Pauls, Pawloski, Polk, Pollock, Pollack, Palacio, Pyles, Place, Plaza, Pelaez.

## 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.