The Pilate surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 206 people carried this name — #89,753 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 30% from 159 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 275 people named Pilate.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 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 131 people named Pilate 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 Hainaut.
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.
Who carried it
People named Pilate,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonius Pilate 1753–1828
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Eugene Pilate 1804–1890 · naturalist
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Auguste Pilati 1810–1877 · composer
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Constant Pilate 1850–1933 · politician
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George R. Pilate 1856–1930 · lepidopterist
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Felton Pilate 1952– · composer
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pilate.
- 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
- Pilat 991 · 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
- Pilette 124 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pilate is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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