# Piloto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/piloto/  
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 | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 642 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,096 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 480,912 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (497 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Piloto. This surname is mostly found in Mozambique.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Piloto 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) | 9.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Polite, Polito, Plott, Pilot, Pulido, Platt, Plata, Pouliot, Pollitt, Pelt, Plath, Pellot.

## 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.