Family name Pauwels (Pauwels 
) , in the entire world, is a common cognomen. The last name Pauwels is habitual in Belgium, where it is a common surname, Belize, where it is quite a rare surname, and Netherlands. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Western Europe, particularly Belgium, France, and Netherlands. Very seldom, Pauwels is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Pauwels | Germany, Netherlands, France, United States, Belgium |
| pauwels coecke van aelst painter from the Southern Netherlands, BE (b. 1530) |
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| pauwels fraanck Flemish artist (b. 1540) |
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| pauwels van hillegaert Dutch painter (1596-1640), NL (b. 1596) |
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| pauwels pels PL (b. 1587) |
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| maximiliaen pauwels BE (b. 1615) |
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| pauwels dinant NL (b. 1652) |
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| françois pauwels Belgian politician (1754-1828) (b. 1754) |
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| jean-englebert pauwels Flemish composer, violinist and conductor, BE (b. 1768) |
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ferdinand pauwels Belgian artist (1830-1904), BE (b. 1830) |
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félix pauwels BE (b. 1820) |
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| jeanne-catherine pauwels Belgian musician (b. 1795) |
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| antoine pauwels French politician, FR (b. 1796) |
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| pierre joseph pauwels (b. 1796) |
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désiré pauwels Belgian musician, BE (b. 1861) |
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| joseph pauwels Belgian painter, BE (b. 1818) |
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