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    The surname Pilling

    A surname, carried by 1,334 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P452

    Pilling: #20,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pilling #20,047, 1,334 people Pilling: #20,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pilling #20,047, 1,334 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pilling is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,334 people named Pilling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,443 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,319.

    #20,047
    rank among US surnames
    1,334
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,079)

    Who is named Pilling

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

    95% of people named Pilling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pilling

    Pilling has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pilling?
    1,334 people in the United States had the surname Pilling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,443 Americans. It ranked 20,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pilling?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pilling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pilling getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,334 in 2010, up 1.1%.