# Pawling (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 426 |
| US rank (2010) | 49,365 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 724,755 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.8% (462 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A variant of Paulin. In New York State, the name originated as a misprint of Pauling, which was never corrected.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pawling 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Poling, Pauling, Pilling, Polanco, Plunkett, Plank, Palmisano, Palencia, Polansky, Pullins, Palmquist, Plunk.

## 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.