Find out how popular the last name Pavlos is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pavlos.

Pavlos, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pavlos surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pavlos in America

Pavlos is the 126765th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pavlos surname appeared 135 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pavlos.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pavlos to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Pavlos

The surname "PAVLOS" is of Greek origin and can be traced back to the 10th century AD. It is derived from the Greek word "Pavlos," which means "small" or "little." The name was originally used as a descriptive name for a person of short stature or to distinguish between two individuals with the same first name, where one was called "the small one."

In ancient Greek records, the earliest known reference to the surname "PAVLOS" can be found in a manuscript dated around 1050 AD, where a scribe named Georgios PAVLOS is mentioned. This document was discovered in a monastery on Mount Athos, a peninsula in northern Greece that has been a center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism since the 9th century.

Another notable individual with the surname "PAVLOS" was Ioannis PAVLOS, a Byzantine scholar and theologian who lived in the 12th century. He was born in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) in 1101 and became a renowned teacher and author, contributing to the fields of philosophy, theology, and rhetoric.

During the medieval period, the surname "PAVLOS" was also found in regions of southern Italy, particularly in the areas of Calabria and Apulia, where Greek communities had settled. In a document from the year 1287, a landowner named Petros PAVLOS is mentioned as holding property in the town of Reggio Calabria.

In the 16th century, a Greek merchant named Alexandros PAVLOS gained prominence in the city of Venice, Italy. He was a successful trader and established a trading company that dealt in spices and textiles from the Ottoman Empire and the Levant region.

One of the most famous individuals bearing the surname "PAVLOS" was Andreas PAVLOS, a Greek revolutionary who played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century. Born in 1788 in the village of Arachova, near Delphi, he led a band of fighters and participated in several battles, including the Siege of Missolonghi in 1826.

While the surname "PAVLOS" has its roots in Greece and the Greek diaspora, it has also been adopted by families in other parts of the world, particularly in regions with Greek communities or where Greek migration has occurred throughout history.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pavlos

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pavlos.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pavlos was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Pavlos has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pavlos was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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