Pauly
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname im lat
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈpɔɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pauly is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 103K
- LULuxembourg≈1 in 3.6K
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)
- Sources
- 284 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈36,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Luxembourg, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymischer Familienname im lat. Genitiv auf -i/-y zu Paulus; y-Variante der Patronymik. Bearer count: 2127.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pauly 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Pauly | 6 |
| DE Germany | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | listed | Pauly | 141 |
| US United States | 3,235 | 1 in 103K | 3.2K | Pauly | 284 |
| FR France | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 330 | — | 5 |
| BE Belgium | 747 | 1 in 16K | 747 | Pauly | 24 |
| LU Luxembourg | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | 609 | — | 14 |
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; the dfa-band-3 register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Pauly is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Ca. 2127 Bearer; lat. Genitiv-/Patronymform zu Paul, mit -y-Schreibung als morphologische Variante.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
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)
- August Paulyb. 1796DEGerman classical scholar (1796–1845)
- Wolfgang Paulyb. 1876DEGerman chess composer (1876-1934)
- Max Paulyb. 1907DESS Sturmbannführer; commandant of Stutthof concentration camp (1907–1946)
- Marco Paulyb. 1943FRFrench actor
- Daniel Paulyb. 1946FRCanadian biologist
- Rebecca Paulyb. 1954FRFrench actress
- Adrienne Paulyb. 1977FRFrench actress and singer
- Rodolphe Paulyb. 1983FRFrench actor
- Pablo Paulyb. 1991FRFrench actor
- Sofia Paulyactress
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 46 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.2K | #9,969 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.2K | #9,613 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.1K | #9,543 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 747 | #1,885 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 672 | #2,145 |
| LU Luxembourg | Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es) | — | 609 | #84 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 484 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 457 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 410 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 407 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 391 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 383 | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- 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
- How common is the name Pauly?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,235 people named Pauly in 2010, about 1 in 103 thousand residents.
- How do you pronounce Pauly?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpɔɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Pauly mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname im lat.
- In which country does Pauly have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 36 thousand people named Pauly in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pauly.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/paulyThe 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, “Pauly”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.