How common is the surname Pauwels?

489 people in the United States had the surname Pauwels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 631,381 Americans. It ranked 44,034th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pauwels?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pauwels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pauwels?

Eddy Pauwels, Belgian cyclist (1935–2017), followed by Kevin Pauwels.

Where is the surname Pauwels most common?

Wikidata records people named Pauwels in Belgium.

Is the surname Pauwels getting more or less common?

More common. 409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 489 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Pauwels

A surname, carried by 489 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pauwels is more common than 72.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 489 people named Pauwels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 631,381 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 409.

#44,034

rank among US surnames

489

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+19.6%

change since 2000 (was #48,469)

Who is named Pauwels

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

91% of people named Pauwels identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pauwelss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eddy Pauwels
Belgian cyclist (1935–2017)
Kevin Pauwels
Belgian racing cyclist, born 1984
Thierry Pauwels
Belgian astronomer from the Royal Observatory of Belgium, born 1957
Ferdinand Pauwels
Belgian artist (1830-1904)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pauwels

Pauwels has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Questions

How common is the surname Pauwels?: 489 people in the United States had the surname Pauwels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 631,381 Americans. It ranked 44,034th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pauwels?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pauwels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pauwels?: Eddy Pauwels, Belgian cyclist (1935–2017), followed by Kevin Pauwels.
Where is the surname Pauwels most common?: Wikidata records people named Pauwels in Belgium.
Is the surname Pauwels getting more or less common?: More common. 409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 489 in 2010, up 20%.