Paillet is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Paillet
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Common in Isère and more generally in the Lyon region, the name could be a place name evoking a haystack (besides a common Gironde, there is a hamlet of Le Paillet in Dardilly, 69, also Paillet to Pussy, 38) . In Old French, meaning the addition of wheat chaff, the word was used as an adjective (= the color of straw). To also consider a variant of Payet (qv).

How popular is Paillet?

Paillet is common in France.

Paillet is ranked 99169 on our list.

Paillet is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 4233 people have been found who wears Paillet as their family name. Paillet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
212,166 Canada9
7,022 Senegal7
28,232 Morocco2
118,441 Germany2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
17,236 Ghana1
62,864 New Zealand1
15,162 Costa Rica1
8,268 Mauritius1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
18,969 Wales1
56,169 Mexico1
2,309 Monaco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
51,408 Spain37
107,506 England27
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
20,785 Belgium82
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Paillet:
14,544 Argentina373
157,427 United States127
Countries with thousands of Paillet:
2,047 France3,490
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Paillet is a straw diminutive, pointed the man who sleeps on straw -in old french, represents a straw color adjective, a denotes a light-colored wine, winemaker nickname.

Paillet Namesakes

  • Hervé Paillet, Actor
  • Hervé Paillet, Actor
  • Laure Paillette, Actress
  • Maryse Paillet, Actress
  • Maryse Paillet, Actress
  • Nona Paillet, Actress

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