How common is the surname Pillar?

1,743 people in the United States had the surname Pillar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pillar?

In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Pillar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Pillar?

Patrícia Pillar, Brazilian actress, followed by Kevin Pillar.

Where is the surname Pillar most common?

Wikidata records people named Pillar in Brazil and the United States.

Is the surname Pillar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Pillar

A surname, carried by 1,743 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pillar is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,743 people named Pillar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,231.

#16,481

rank among US surnames

1,743

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+41.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,138)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,475	Lacher	1,744	177,033
#16,481	Chess	1,743	177,135

Who is named Pillar

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

62% of people named Pillar identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Asian and Pacific Islander 24%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pillars

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patrícia Pillar
Brazilian actress, born 1964
Kevin Pillar
American baseball player (born 1989)

Notable Pillars come mostly from Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pillar

Piller

Pillar has the Soundex code P460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P460.

Questions

How common is the surname Pillar?: 1,743 people in the United States had the surname Pillar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pillar?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Pillar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Pillar?: Patrícia Pillar, Brazilian actress, followed by Kevin Pillar.
Where is the surname Pillar most common?: Wikidata records people named Pillar in Brazil and the United States.
Is the surname Pillar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, up 42%.