Päll

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a canopy (over an important object or person)

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

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 90K
  • UYUruguay1 in 147K

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)

625 people, 2010

Sources
17 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pall in US United States, IN India.

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)

a canopy (over an important object or person)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Päll 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 Päll is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—6251 in 532K665Pall11
IN India—2251 in 5.9M225Pall4
EE Estonia#458≈100 est.≈1 in 12K119Päll17
AR Argentina—831 in 548K83——
BR Brazil—671 in 3.2M67——
FI Finland—621 in 90K62—1
DK Denmark—271 in 217K36——
UY Uruguay—231 in 147K23——
HR Croatia—141 in 302K18——

625 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the ee-stat-nimed register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021). 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)

Päll is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Swedish

    Also written Pall, Páll, Paell, PÃll

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Pall, Păľl, Páll

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India

    Also written Pall, Páll

  • Bangla surname27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Philippines

    Also written Pall, পোলা, PUla, Poola, Poll

  • a separate surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Estonia

    Also written Pall, Páll, Păľl

1 further group 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

188019001920194019601980Richard Päll, b. 1893Eduard Päll, b. 1903Peeter Päll, b. 1961Janika Päll, b. 1965

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Päll
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—119#574
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—104#761

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 Päll mean, and where does it come from?
a canopy (over an important object or person) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Päll have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 625 people named Päll, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pall.
How common is the name Päll?
In the United States, the national register counted 625 people named Päll in 2010, about 1 in 532 thousand residents.
How common is Päll compared with other names?
In Estonia, Päll is the 458th most common surname of 37,297 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Päll” — the 458th most common surname in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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