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The Pili surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 450 people carried this name — #47,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 47% from 306 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pili surname

A surname from Sardinian.

Perhaps from a Sardinian word related to Italian pelo (“hair”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pili» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 580 people named Pili 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 467
City of Buenos Aires 37
Córdoba 29
Santa Fe 19
Río Negro 17
Neuquén 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Pili.

Most of them — 52 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 52
Rhône 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Corsica 4
Gard 4
Paris 3
Var 3
Aude 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Pili,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wiesław Pilis 1950– · researcher
  • Corinne Pili 1963– · association football player
  • Mauro Pili 1966– · politician
  • Roberta Pili 1968– · writer
  • Ida Pili 1990– · badminton player
  • Alissa Pili 2001– · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Pili.

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