Pautz

surname · Latin script

Meaning: variant of BAUD and BUD

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

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

Pautz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 118K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 365K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 167K

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.

United States (measured from records)

912 people, 2010

Sources
179 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 118K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Pautz: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Pautz
  1. Middle Englishbudde“bud“bud, seed pod”(inferred from the name graph)via BUD
  2. Proto-Germanic*buddǭ“bud”(inferred from the name graph)via BUD
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-“to swell”(inferred from the name graph)via BUD

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

variant of BAUD and BUD

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pautz 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 Pautz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States9121 in 365K912Pautz179
DE Germany≈680 est.≈1 in 118K—Pautz60
BR Brazil5741 in 369K574——
ZA South Africa≈340 est.≈1 in 167K—Pautz24
NG Nigeria≈210 est.≈1 in 1M—Pautz1
LB Lebanon≈28 est.≈1 in 194K—Pautz1
SG Singapore≈19 est.≈1 in 335K—Pautz1

912 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

Pautz is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Guatemala

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Päutz

31 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Pautz,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Pautz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010912#26,695
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000896#25,805
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020777#31,863
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—574#15,038
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Pautz mean, and where does it come from?
variant of BAUD and BUD Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Pautz?
A machine transcription gives /ˈpɔts/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Pautz have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 912 people named Pautz, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pautz.
How common is the name Pautz?
In the United States, the national register counted 912 people named Pautz in 2010, about 1 in 365 thousand residents.

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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, “Pautz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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