Paéz Name Origin and Family Crest

Clerks wrote Báez in many ways, and Paéz is one that stuck. Its meaning, shared with Báez, is “Son of Pelayo / Peláez”. Paéz is listed among the recognised spellings of Báez. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

French birth records list 247 children named Paéz between 1891 and 2000. The 2010 census count for Paéz in the United States was 10,433, good for rank 3,420. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 90% of the total.

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