# Pilla (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pilla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,968 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,005 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 156,883 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (1,688 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pilla in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 9.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pilla in the United States.

## People named Pilla

- Anthony Pilla, auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, titular Bishop of Scardona, Bishop of Cleveland

## Similar surnames

Pillow, Pillai, Pile, Piel, Palla, Pillay, Pilley, Powell, Paul, Poole, Pyle, Pool.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.