How common is the surname Pile?

1,403 people in the United States had the surname Pile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. It ranked 19,296th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pile?

Frederick Alfred Pile, British Army general (1884-1976).

Where is the surname Pile most common?

Wikidata records people named Pile in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Pile getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,403 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Pile

A surname, carried by 1,403 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pile is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,403 people named Pile in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,465.

#19,296

rank among US surnames

1,403

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,291	Vasko	1,404	219,904
#19,296	Bevers	1,403	220,061

Who is named Pile

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

79% of people named Pile identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Piles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frederick Alfred Pile
British Army general (1884-1976)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pile

Pile has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

Questions

How common is the surname Pile?: 1,403 people in the United States had the surname Pile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. It ranked 19,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pile?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Pile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pile?: Frederick Alfred Pile, British Army general (1884-1976).
Where is the surname Pile most common?: Wikidata records people named Pile in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Pile getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,403 in 2010, down 4.2%.