American Family Name Origins:
Pauwels
Frequency: (153)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Pauwel, a vernacular form of Paul.
GIVEN NAMES: French 7%. Alberic, Jacques, Remi.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
