The Pilet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 157 people carried this name — #111,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 19% from 132 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,050 people named Pilet.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
497 people named Pilet live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 49 people named Pilet 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pilet.
- Pilat 991 · 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
- Pilette 124 · U.S. census
- Pili 450 · U.S. census
- Pilla 1,968 · U.S. census
- Pillard 444 · U.S. census
- Pille 606 · U.S. census
- Piller 1,248 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pilet 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.
