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    The surname Pillay

    A surname, carried by 558 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P400

    Pillay: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pillay #39,419, 558 people Pillay: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pillay #39,419, 558 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pillay is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    Variant spelling of Pillai; this variant is predominantly found in South Africa.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 558 people named Pillay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 412.

    #39,419
    rank among US surnames
    558
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.4%
    change since 2000 (was #48,196)

    Who is named Pillay

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

    68% of people named Pillay identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 68%
    • Two or more races 11%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pillay

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pillay come from?
    Variant spelling of Pillai; this variant is predominantly found in South Africa.
    How common is the surname Pillay?
    558 people in the United States had the surname Pillay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pillay?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Pillay identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Pillay getting more or less common?
    More common. 412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, up 35%.