The Bille surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 492 people carried this name — #43,811 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 4% from 515 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 554 people named Bille.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Loiret.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 133 people named Bille live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
54 people named Bille live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
167 people named Bille 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bille.
- Bilger 1,771 · U.S. census
- Bilinski 869 · U.S. census
- Bill 5,246 · U.S. census
- Billa 488 · U.S. census
- Billard 448 · U.S. census
- Billau 141 · U.S. census
- Billeaud 303 · U.S. census
- Biller 3,028 · U.S. census
- Billet 825 · U.S. census
- Billette 106 · U.S. census
- Billey 386 · U.S. census
- Billi 127 · U.S. census
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