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

The Pilot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,503 people carried this name — #18,423 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,559 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 707 people named Pilot.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Isère 80
Paris 78
Vienne 60
Pas-de-Calais 48
Nord 44
Loir-et-Cher 30
Vosges 27
Doubs 27

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

In Poland’s population register

349 people named Pilot have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 511 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 216
Opole 108
Greater Poland 12
Lower Silesian 5
Pomeranian 4
Lublin 2
Lubusz 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 134 people named Pilot 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 Mendoza.

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

Where they live today

Mendoza 54
Santa Fe 44
Buenos Aires Province 23
Córdoba 13

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Pilot live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Vaud 6
Zurich 5
Bern 4
Geneva 4
Neuchâtel 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

Pilot in American newspapers,
1872.

Newspaper page from Beaufort Republican carrying the name Pilot
Beaufort Republican 1872-03-21
Newspaper page from The Daily Phoenix carrying the name Pilot
The Daily Phoenix 1872-03-06
Newspaper page from The Camden Journal carrying the name Pilot
The Camden Journal 1872-05-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Pilot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Pilot
    Louis Pilot 1940–2016 · association football coach
  • Pierre Pilot 1886–1942
  • André Pilot 1895–1944 · actor
  • Bernice Pilot 1897–1981 · actor
  • Robert Pilot 1898–1967 · painter
  • Luca Pilot 1901–

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

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