Paes

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Pelagio

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Paes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 1.8K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 849K
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

117,884 people

Sources
184 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Pelagio

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Paes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Paes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#174117,8841 in 1.8K118KPaes184
PT Portugal#627≈610 est.≈1 in 17K—Paes58
US United States—3921 in 849K475Paes152
AR Argentina—3331 in 137K333—1
NL Netherlands—2881 in 60K288Paes19
UY Uruguay—841 in 40K84——
EE Estonia—≈21 est.≈1 in 58K23—2

117,884 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Paes is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Spain

    Also written Páes, Pa-Es

  • English surname50 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, United States, Brazil, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Pas, Pa-Es, Paş, Päs, Pa-S

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Spain, United States

    Also written Paës, Paès, Páes

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Paës

  • Spanish surname140 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

    Also written Paez, Páez, Paéz, Pàez, Päëz

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Pæs

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Paes is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Spanish, acronym of Prueba de Aprendizajes y Aptitudes para Egresados de Educación Media, a national exam taken annually by high school students

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, a surname originating as a patronymic

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In lmo, town, village

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In cdo, the meshes of sin

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, ieee a Ae

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Sidónio Pais, b. 1872Abraham Pais, b. 1918Cesar Paes, b. 1955Josh Pais, b. 1964Dira Paes, b. 1968Eduardo Paes, b. 1969Leander Paes, b. 1973Juliana Paes, b. 1979Matteo Pais, b. 1991Maarten Paes, b. 1998
  • Sidónio Paisb. 1872PTnot in their usual nameassassinated Portuguese president (1872-1918)
  • Abraham Paisb. 1918NLnot in their usual nameDutch-American physicist and science historian (1918–2000)
  • Cesar Paesb. 1955BRBrazilian film director
  • Josh Paisb. 1964USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
  • Dira Paesb. 1968BRBrazilian actress
  • Eduardo Paesb. 1969BRBrazilian politician and former Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
  • Leander Paesb. 1973INIndian tennis player
  • Juliana Paesb. 1979BRBrazilian actress
  • Matteo Paisb. 1991ITnot in their usual nameItalian researcher
  • Maarten Paesb. 1998NLDutch-Indonesian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Paes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—118K#249
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020475#48,050
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010392#52,851
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000367#52,935
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—333—
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007288#7,189
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—84—
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—23#4,877
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—13#8,414
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Paes mean, and where does it come from?
Pelagio Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Paes have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 118 thousand people named Paes, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled paes.
Where is Paes most common?
Paes is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Paes?
In Brazil, the national register counted 117,884 people named Paes, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
How common is Paes compared with other names?
In Brazil, Paes is the 174th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Paes” — the 174th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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