Explore the Family Name Pautz

The meaning of Pautz

1. South German: variant of Pfautz. 2. German (of Slavic origin): from a Germanized pet form of any Slavic compound personal name based on the element bud ‘to inspire’ (see Buda 3, compare Butzlaff). 3. Germanized form of Slovenian Pavec or Pavc: nickname for a physically small man, from palec ‘thumb’.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Pautz held the rank of 25,805 in popularity in the year 2000, and its rank slightly decreased by 3.45% to 26,695 in 2010. The count of individuals with this surname showed a marginal increase of 1.79% from 896 in 2000 to 912 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100,000 people exhibited a decrease of 6.06%, going from 0.33 in 2000 to 0.31 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,805	#26,695	-3.45%
Count	896	912	1.79%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.31	-6.06%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pautz

The same census data also reflected on the ethnic identity associated with the surname Pautz. In 2000, the majority of the bearers of this surname were White (92.63%), and this figure remained mostly stable with a slight decrease to 92.54% in 2010. The second most common ethnicity was Hispanic, growing from 5.69% in 2000 to 6.47% in 2010, marking an increase of 13.71%. However, the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or belonging to two or more races went down to zero in 2010 from 0.56% and 0.67% respectively in 2000. There were no individuals with this surname who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native during both these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.63%	92.54%	-0.1%
Hispanic	5.69%	6.47%	13.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.56%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.67%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%