The Bill surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,246 people carried this name — #6,474 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is down 19% from 6,445 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,003 people named Bill live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
289 people named Bill have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 338 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 5 births for the Bill name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “4 in Antrim.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Bill.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 166 people named Bill live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
386 people named Bill is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bill in American newspapers,
1867–1874.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,103,626 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bill,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Bill 1685–1757 -
John Bill II d. 1681 · printer
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Emma Bill d. 1890
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William Bill 1500–1561
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John Bill 1604–1630 · printer
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Joshua Bill 1675–1735
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bill.
- Bilan 215 · U.S. census
- Bilbao 945 · U.S. census
- Bildstein 235 · U.S. census
- Bile 170 · U.S. census
- Bilger 1,771 · U.S. census
- Bilinski 869 · U.S. census
- Billa 488 · U.S. census
- Billard 448 · U.S. census
- Billau 141 · U.S. census
- Bille 492 · U.S. census
- Billeaud 303 · U.S. census
- Biller 3,028 · U.S. census
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