Pauga
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Plg. Pdugis (žr.). Greičiausiai iŠ lat
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pɔɡə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pauga is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- LVLatvia
- FIFinland
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Plg. Pdugis (žr.). Greičiausiai iŠ lat. Pauga (B. CrajiTMaHe, 1981, c. 115), kuri sietina su l&t.pauga „galva; sprandas; užsispyręs, įnoringas, nepaklusnus žmogus“ (LYV III 127)
Sources 1
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Pauga 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 Lithuanian, Plg. Pdugis (žr.). Greičiausiai iš lat. Pauga (B. CranTrMaue, 1981, c. 115), kuri sietina su lat. pauga „galva; sprandas; užsispyręs, įnoringas, nepaklusnus žmogus“ (LVV III 127).
as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
In Latvian, Saku koku oderējums, pagatavots no linu audeklā iešūtiem salmiem, vai (Kurzemē) mākslīgi sapīts no doņiem
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Uzkalniņš, cinis, kalna virsotne (tukša)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Sainis (ar dažādām lietām)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Linu vai magoņu pogaļa
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Junior Paugab. 1996NZrugby league player
- Melanie PaugaNZNew Zealand nutritionist
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 8 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #371,304 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- 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
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
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 Pauga?
- A machine transcription gives /pɔɡə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Pauga mean?
- Recorded meaning: Plg. Pdugis (žr.). Greičiausiai iŠ lat.
- In which country does Pauga have the most bearers?
- Pauga is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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, “Pauga”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.