Paula Family Name and Heraldry

Counting heads is the honest place to start with Paula.

• We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Paula, the family's own records come first.
• Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Paula line back.
• Spanish register data show 582 residents carrying Paula as first surname, and 522 as second surname. 1,538 Americans were listed as Paula in the 2010 census. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 60% of the total.

Paula coat of arms

Sharing the Paula name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Research your Paula family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.