# Pillsbury (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pillsbury/  
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) | 2,174 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,887 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 142,017 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (2,126 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Heterographic variant of Pilsbury.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pillsbury 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) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pillsbury in the United States.

## People named Pillsbury

- Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (1872-1906)
- John S. Pillsbury, American governor of Minnesota (1827-1901)
- Michael Pillsbury, American strategist and expert on China
- Role Model, American singer-songwriter (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Pulsifer, Pulsipher.

## 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.