The Pilat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 991 people carried this name — #25,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 856 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pilat surname
Learned borrowing from Latin Pīlātus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piłat» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,402 people named Pilat have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,056 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 207 people named Pilat.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Rhône.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 92 people named Pilat 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Pilat live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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
39 people named Pilat 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).
Who carried it
People named Pilat,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Jakob Pilat 1614–1699 · Catholic priest -
Ignatz Anton Pilát 1820–1870 · gardener -
Tadeusz Pilat 1844–1923 · politician -
Tadeusz Pilat 1844–1923 · politician
-
Roman Pilat 1846–1906 · university teacher -
Gašpar Pilat 1644–1706 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pilat.
- Pigeon 1,661 · U.S. census
- Pignatelli 467 · U.S. census
- Piguet 174 · U.S. census
- Pila 364 · U.S. census
- Pilarczyk 286 · U.S. census
- Pilarski 1,544 · U.S. census
- Pilate 206 · U.S. census
- Pilati 121 · U.S. census
- Pilato 847 · U.S. census
- Pilch 1,052 · U.S. census
- Pile 1,403 · U.S. census
- Pilet 157 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pilat is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.