The Pilch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,052 people carried this name — #23,978 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,065 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
6,663 people named Pilch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,252 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 Lesser Poland.
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 71 people named Pilch.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Pilch 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 Pilch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fuller Pilch 1804–1870 · cricketer -
Jenő Pilch 1872–1937 · historian -
Dezső Pécsi-Pilch 1888–1949 · painter -
Robert Pilch d. 1846 · naval officer
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Maciej Pilch 1831–1907
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Andor Pilch 1877–1936 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pilch.
- Pilarczyk 286 · U.S. census
- Pilarski 1,544 · U.S. census
- Pilat 991 · U.S. census
- Pilate 206 · U.S. census
- Pilati 121 · U.S. census
- Pilato 847 · U.S. census
- Pile 1,403 · U.S. census
- Pilet 157 · U.S. census
- Pilette 124 · U.S. census
- Pili 450 · U.S. census
- Pilla 1,968 · U.S. census
- Pillard 444 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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