The Pilon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,647 people carried this name — #11,821 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 17% from 2,266 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,875 people named Pilon.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Loir-et-Cher.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 194 people named Pilon 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Pilon live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pilon.
- 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
- Pilot 1,503 · U.S. census
- Pimenta 643 · U.S. census
- Pimentel 21,579 · U.S. census
- Pin 689 · U.S. census
- Pina 25,293 · U.S. census
- Pinard 1,721 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pilon is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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