Pahl

surname · Latin script

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

/ˈpɑɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 57K
  • USUnited States1 in 86K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈24,000 people, est.

Sources
271 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pahl 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 Pahl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈24,000 est.≈1 in 58K—Pahl3
DE Germany—≈6,700 est.≈1 in 12K—Pahl135
US United States—3,8641 in 86K4.3KPahl271
ID Indonesia—≈810 est.≈1 in 328K—Pahl9
CA Canada—≈670 est.≈1 in 57K—Pahl104
JO Jordan—≈430 est.≈1 in 25K—Pahl2
AT Austria—≈310 est.≈1 in 28K—Pahl20
NZ New Zealand—≈140 est.≈1 in 36K—Pahl26
AG Antigua & Barbuda#958———Pahl1

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 2000. 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)

Pahl is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Pähl, Påhl

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Påhl

  • Greek surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States

    Also written Pel, Πελ

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Pähl

38 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Georg Pahl, b. 1900Ray Pahl, b. 1935Jörg-Peter Pahl, b. 1939Fritz-Wilhelm Pahl, b. 1941Greg Pahl, b. 1946Franz Pahl, b. 1949Jürgen Pahl, b. 1956Vernon Pahl, b. 1957Hans-Heinrich Pahl, b. 1960Witold Pahl, b. 1961

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)

FormalDear Pahl,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Pahl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020004.3K#7,155
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.9K#8,518
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.5K#8,860
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Pahl?
A machine transcription gives /ˈpɑɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Pahl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Pahl in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pahl.
How common is the name Pahl?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,864 people named Pahl in 2010, about 1 in 86 thousand residents.
How common is Pahl compared with other names?
In Antigua & Barbuda, Pahl is the 958th most common surname of 30,187 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.

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, “Pahl” — the 958th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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