Piela is used as a family name or surname in Poland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Piela
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Poland
Meaning: Polish last name of uncertain meaning. Perhaps one of apocope pielgrzym (= pilgrim). We also think of a variant of the German name Pfeil (= arrow, possible nickname for an archer). Consideration was also given the Polish piel- root (= twist, braid).

How popular is Piela?

Piela is common in Poland.

Piela is ranked 89417 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pielas plummeted by 3.508772 per cent to 440 since 2000 and slipped by 3630 spots and ranked at 48060. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 98.18 99.34
Piela is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Poland which signifies that it is originated from Poland. Around 4803 people have been found who wears Piela as their family name. Piela is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
153,990 Australia7
34,681 Norway2
91,784 Netherlands2
151,601 Spain1
120,357 Argentina1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
38,841 Scotland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
21,562 Portugal1
531 Greenland1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
493,558 India15
62,664 Czech Republic14
171,702 Canada12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,317 England75
Countries with hundreds of Piela:
45,650 United States594
28,238 Germany370
2,931 Finland278
Countries with thousands of Piela:
1,552 Poland3,389

Immigrants to US

From Italy

Weaver Pietro Piela from Italy aboard the La Bourgogne from Havre. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in Calumet on May 10, 1897.

Piela Namesakes

  • Ewa Pielach, Actor

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