Paulson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Paulson
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Paulson

How popular is Paulson?

Paulson is common in United States.

Paulson is ranked 14420 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Paulson bearers increased by 0.1658117 per cent in 2010 US census to 19331 since 2000, the surname slipped by 152 spots and ranked at 1857. The last name was found in around 66 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.3 95.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.15 1.36
Others 1.37 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.08 0.8
Black 0.59 0.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.55
Paulson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Estonia is ahead in terms of density. Around 36593 people have been found who wears Paulson as their family name. Paulson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
5,010 Nicaragua7
5,340 Iceland6
7,031 China6
121,340 Spain4
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,078 Japan3
46,068 Philippines3
4,138 Bahrain3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
19,046 Ireland2
723,167 Indonesia2
124,220 Italy2
19,093 Finland2
3,478 Haiti2
18,718 Thailand2
40,256 Mexico2
34,581 Chile1
4,249 Cambodia1
50,549 Georgia1
18,969 Wales1
8,181 Botswana1
1,879 Belize1
19,533 Uruguay1
91,024 Belgium1
13,606 Senegal1
2,190 Barbados1
1,542 Andorra1
7,191 Afghanistan1
6,033 Benin1
17,236 Ghana1
6,212 Jamaica1
58,885 Poland1
28,365 Kenya1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
9,591 Panama1
4,942 Libya1
12,745 Luxembourg1
6,688 Malawi1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
42,479 Greece1
13,447 Uganda1
53,505 Turkey1
4,435 Togo1
16,640 Hong Kong1
20,172 Hungary1
7,895 South Korea1
2,024 Mongolia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
49,393 Netherlands35
12,692 Scotland33
331,856 Russia21
5,809 Trinidad and Tobago17
29,040 Denmark15
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,986 Norway85
3,722 Qatar68
133,875 France61
5,248 Singapore59
11,116 New Zealand59
Countries with hundreds of Paulson:
1,418 Sweden711
9,663 England667
25,888 Germany403
15,361 South Africa402
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
3,385 United Arab Emirates298
3,667 Ecuador276
10,689 Australia260
2,051 Oman248
1,809 Kuwait209
13,194 Malaysia126
10,984 Venezuela125
1,831 Estonia123
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Paulson:
6,884 Nigeria3,362
3,234 Canada1,464
26,669 India1,428
Countries with ten thousands of Paulson:
1,539 United States25,434
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 32 years old merchant Charles Paulson who was residing in Great Britain migrated to New-York on June 30, 1849 by Hibernia put out from Liverpool. G. Paulson (29) Merchant, 30 years old Joseph Paulson, are other Paulson that migrated to US from Liverpool, Sydney and Cape Breton.

Paulson Namesakes

  • Allen Paulson, Businessman
  • Dennis Paulson, Golfer
  • Erik Paulson, Mixed martial artist
  • Andrew Paulson, Entrepreneur
  • Sarah Paulson, Film actress
  • Dennis Paulson, Golfer
  • Sarah Paulson, Film actress
  • Catharine Paulson, Sarah Paulson's mother
  • Ken Paulson, Editor
  • Sarah Paulson, Film actress

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