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English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Saint-Paul or Saint-Pol, from the dedication of their churches to St. Paul (see Paul).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of sample Families in the US in 1920
Number of sample families
 111-220
 38-110		 1-37
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