Paulussen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymic surname with -sen; borne by 265
/paulʊsn̩/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Paulussen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- BEBelgium1 in 17K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 24K
- DEGermany≈1 in 178K
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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 55 (measured from records)
- 1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
720 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
Patronymic surname with -sen; borne by 265. Morphological transposition / Latinization in the atlas plate.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Paulussen 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 720 | 1 in 24K | 720 | Paulussen | 41 |
| BE Belgium | 706 | 1 in 17K | 709 | Paulussen | 34 |
| DE Germany | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 178K | listed | Paulussen | 55 |
| US United States | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 8.4M | listed | Paulussen | 43 |
| AT Austria | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 692K | — | Paulussen | 6 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Paulussen | 8 |
720 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: the dfa-band-3 register; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Paulussen 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 German, Patronymic plural/expanded form with -ussen/-s(en); from Paulus. Bearer count: 265.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronymische Bildung zu Paulus mit -ussen; morphologische Transposition/Lokalsuffix. Belegt in der PLZ-Tabelle (u. a. Gesamtvorkommen pro Raum).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronym zu lat. Rufname Paulus < lat. paullus „klein“; mit dt. Genitivendung -ussen. Bearer counts: Paulus(s)en 1+154, Paulußen 110.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymische Bildung mit -sen/-s(en) zu Paulus; im Raum Mönchengladbach beheimatet. Belegt: 3093.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Paul(us); 265 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
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)
- Richard Paulussenb. 1854NLDutch photographer (1854–1906)
- Guido Paulussenb. 1938NLphotographer
- Jeroen Paulussenb. 1959NLDutch painter
- Werner Paulussenb. 1960DEGerman designer
- Inge Paulussenb. 1976BEBelgian actress
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 11 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 720 | #2,515 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 709 | #2,012 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 706 | #2,033 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3 | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Where does the name Paulussen come from?
- Patronymic surname with -sen; borne by 265. Morphological transposition / Latinization in the atlas plate. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
- How do you pronounce Paulussen?
- A machine transcription gives /paulʊsn̩/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Paulussen mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymic surname with -sen; borne by 265.
- In which country does Paulussen have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 720 people named Paulussen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled paulussen.
- Where is Paulussen most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Paulussen is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 17 thousand people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Paulussen?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 720 people named Paulussen in 2007, about 1 in 24 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/paulussenThe 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, “Paulussen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.