How common is the surname Pavlov?

1,199 people in the United States had the surname Pavlov in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,503 Americans. It ranked 21,707th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pavlov?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pavlov identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pavlov?

Nina Pavlova, botanist (1897-1973), followed by Alyaksandr Pawlaw.

Where is the surname Pavlov most common?

Wikidata records people named Pavlov in the Russian Empire and Belarus.

Is the surname Pavlov getting more or less common?

More common. 850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,199 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Pavlov

A surname, carried by 1,199 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P141

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pavlov is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

From Russian Па́влов (Pávlov), itself from Па́вел (Pável).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,199 people named Pavlov in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,503 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 850.

#21,707

rank among US surnames

1,199

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+41.1%

change since 2000 (was #26,876)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,700	Schnitzler	1,200	257,288
#21,707	Fino	1,199	257,503

Who is named Pavlov

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

96% of people named Pavlov identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pavlovs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nina Pavlova
Botanist (1897-1973)
Alyaksandr Pawlaw
Belarusian footballer (born 1984)

Notable Pavlovs come mostly from the Russian Empire (1) and Belarus (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pavlov

Pavlov has the Soundex code P141, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P141.

Questions

Where does the surname Pavlov come from?: From Russian Па́влов (Pávlov), itself from Па́вел (Pável).
How common is the surname Pavlov?: 1,199 people in the United States had the surname Pavlov in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,503 Americans. It ranked 21,707th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pavlov?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pavlov identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pavlov?: Nina Pavlova, botanist (1897-1973), followed by Alyaksandr Pawlaw.
Where is the surname Pavlov most common?: Wikidata records people named Pavlov in the Russian Empire and Belarus.
Is the surname Pavlov getting more or less common?: More common. 850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,199 in 2010, up 41%.