Explore the Family Name Paulovich

The meaning of Paulovich

1. Americanized form of Slovak Paulovič, Serbian and Croatian Paulović, and also of Slovak and Slovenian Pavlovič, Croatian and Serbian Pavlović (see Pavlovic). Compare Pavlovich. 2. Belorussian (standard transliteration/spelling Paŭlavich): variant of Pavlovich.

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How common is the last name Paulovich in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Paulovich saw a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 68,360 in popularity while in 2010, it dropped to 85,357 which was a decline of approximately 24.86%. The number of people with the Paulovich surname also decreased during this period from 269 individuals to 219, which corresponds to an 18.59% drop. This decrease is further reflected in the proportion per 100,000 people, which fell by 30% from 0.1 to 0.07.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,360	#85,357	-24.86%
Count	269	219	-18.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.07	-30%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Paulovich

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that most individuals with the surname Paulovich identify as White. However, there was a slight decrease in the percentage of White individuals with this surname from 93.68% in 2000 to 92.24% in 2010. The Hispanic ethnic identity also represented a portion of those with the Paulovich surname, increasing slightly from 4.46% to 4.57% over the decade. Interestingly, the Asian/Pacific Islander identity emerged within this group as well, accounting for 2.28% in 2010, up from 0% in 2000. No changes were observed among those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.68%	92.24%	-1.54%
Hispanic	4.46%	4.57%	2.47%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.28%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%