Paetz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Schreibvariante von Pätz/Betz; Kurzform-Familienname, teils auch zu Peter
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈpits/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Paetz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 51Kas Patz(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 327Kas Patz
- ARArgentina1 in 185K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Paetz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 224 (measured from records)
- 1 in 185K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600 named Patz, est.
Highest-authority source
Argentina
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Patz in US United States, DE Germany, EG Egypt and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Schreibvariante von Pätz/Betz; Kurzform-Familienname, teils auch zu Peter.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Paetz 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 51K | listed | Patz | 90 |
| US United States | 1,017as Patz | 1 in 327K | 1.1K | Patz | 224 |
| EG Egypt | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Patz | 2 |
| GH Ghana | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Patz | 2 |
| AR Argentina | 246 | 1 in 185K | 246 | — | — |
| AT Austria | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 112K | — | Patz | 20 |
| IE Ireland | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Patz | 2 |
| PS Palestine | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 121K | — | Patz | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-6 register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Harald Paetzb. 1837DKDanish photographer (1837–1895)
- Julie Paetzb. 1843DKDanish actress (1843-1918)
- Rolf Paetzb. 1922DEGerman footballer (1922-1994)
- Juliusz Paetzb. 1935PLPolish Catholic archbishop (1935–2019)
- Paetzb. 1943DEGerman politician and tax advisor
- Holger Paetzb. 1952DEGerman writer
- Sabine Johnb. 1957DEnot in their usual nameEast German heptathlete
- Tobias Paetzb. 1987DEGerman politician
- Emma Paetzb. 1993CACanadian actress
- Gerald PaetzCAstunt performer and actor
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 331 | #57,544 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 310 | #68,391 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 305 | #65,066 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 246 | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru 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)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- How do you pronounce Paetz?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpits/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Paetz mean?
- Recorded meaning: Schreibvariante von Pätz/Betz; Kurzform-Familienname, teils auch zu Peter.
- In which country does Paetz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Patz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Paetz most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Paetz is densest in Argentina — about 1 in 185 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Paetz?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 246 people named Paetz, about 1 in 185 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/paetzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Paetz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.