Pazol is a surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

. It is mostly attributed to a spelling variation of the shtetl

Shtetl

A shtetl was typically a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe until The Holocaust. Shtetls were mainly found in the areas which constituted the 19th century Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Galicia and Romania...

, Pazelva near Želva

Želva

Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 516 people. The town has a Catholic church and a synagogue. Želva is the birthplace of Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Aaron Klug....

 in Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, located at 55°13' / 25°06'. Named Pazelva in Yiddish, the common language of its residents, its name is Podzelva in Hebrew. Želva is 14 miles east of the city Ukmergė

Ukmerge

-Early history:Ukmergė was first mentioned as a settlement in 1333. It was essentially a wooden fortress that stood on a hill, near the confluence of the Vilkmergė River and the Šventoji River. Ukmergė was attacked by the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order in 1333, 1365, 1378, 1386, and even...

. Maps indicate that nearby is a location named Pazelviai.

Due to Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II

World War II

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, residents of Pazelva who had not already emigrated were killed.

Distribution of persons bearing the Pazol surname includes the US, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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 and Israel

Israel

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Pronunciation of the name has a wide variation. Spelling variations include Pazel, Bazall, Basil, and Pasel.