The surname Paw
A surname, carried by 2,220 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex P000
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,220 people named Paw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,075 Americans. That is up 1582% since 2000, when the Census counted 132.
#13,642
rank among US surnames
2,220
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+1581.8%
change since 2000 (was #121,058)
Who is named Paw
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Paw identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Paw has the Soundex code P000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Paw?
- 2,220 people in the United States had the surname Paw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,075 Americans. It ranked 13,642nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Paw?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Paw identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Paw getting more or less common?
- More common. 132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,220 in 2010, up 1582%.