Pilet surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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.

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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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Maine-et-Loire 94
Vendée 83
Loire-Atlantique 76
Paris 71
Deux-Sèvres 54
Ille-et-Vilaine 52
Manche 45
Seine-Maritime 39

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 map

Where they live today

Vaud 335
Fribourg 46
Geneva 36
Valais 31
Zurich 15
Neuchâtel 13
Basel-Landschaft 11
Bern 6

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

West Flanders 21
Namur 20
Liège 8

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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.

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