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The Pilla surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,968 people carried this name — #15,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 17% from 1,688 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 546 people named Pilla 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 311
Santa Fe 89
Córdoba 81
City of Buenos Aires 31
Entre Ríos 20
San Luis 14

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 136 people named Pilla.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Moselle 49
Alpes-Maritimes 36
Meuse 7
Paris 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Haute-Garonne 2
Marne 2
Isère 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

53 people named Pilla live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 19
Aargau 13
Bern 6
Ticino 6
Geneva 3
Schwyz 3
Valais 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Pilla in American newspapers,
1839–1915.

Newspaper page from The Cairo Bulletin carrying the name Pilla
The Cairo Bulletin 1915-01-12
Newspaper page from Morning Herald carrying the name Pilla
Morning Herald 1839-06-13
Newspaper page from The Daily Union carrying the name Pilla
The Daily Union 1846-11-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 65,429 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pilla,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leopoldo Pilla
    Leopoldo Pilla 1805–1848 · geologist
  • Nicola Pilla 1772–1855
  • Giuseppe Pilla 1822–1879 · lawyer
  • Eugenio Pilla 1895–1969
  • Eugenio Pilla 1895–1969
  • Franca Pilla 1920– · teacher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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