# Pyle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pyle/  
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) | 15,180 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,389 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,339 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (15,066 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pyle 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pyle in the United States.

## People named Pyle

- Missi Pyle, American actress and singer
- Howard Pyle, American illustrator and author (1853-1911)
- Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent and writer (1900–1945)
- Denver Pyle, American actor (1920-1997)
- Gladys Pyle, American politician (1890-1989)
- John Howard Pyle, American politician (1906-1987)
- Mike Pyle, American martial artist
- C. C. Pyle, American sports agent

## Similar surnames

Pile, Powell, Paul, Poole, Pool, Pauley, Pelayo, Pulley, Peel, Pohl, Polley, Pell.

## 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.