The Pille surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 606 people carried this name — #36,838 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 18% from 514 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pille surname
Borrowed from French or German Pille.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pille» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 397 people named Pille.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 183 people named Pille 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pille,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcel Pille 1867–1943 · painter
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pille.
- 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
- Piller 1,248 · U.S. census
- Pillette 264 · U.S. census
- Pillion 386 · U.S. census
- Pillon 234 · U.S. census
- Pillot 366 · U.S. census
- Pilo 259 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pille is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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