Pilla is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pilla
No. of characters: 5
Origin: India
Meaning: Surname worn in Moselle at least since the seventeenth century. Its meaning is uncertain, but there is at least once Billiar variant, which would see the personal name of Germanic origin Billard (qv). It is more plausible that Billa is attested in Belgium variant Billiard. Note that there also has Pilla from Italy (Campania, north of Puglia, Lombardy in particular). There seems to be a medieval personal name of obscure origin.

How popular is Pilla?

Pilla is common in India.

Pilla is ranked 8486 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pillas grew by 16.58768 per cent to 1968 since 2000 and ranked 15005 after elevating 830 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.55 88.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.99 5.21
Hispanic or Latino 7.37 4.98
Others 1.32 1.07
Pilla is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Tanzania is ahead in terms of density. Around 63744 people have been found who wears Pilla as their family name. Pilla is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
20,790 Nigeria6
46,707 New Zealand5
381,097 Ukraine4
20,837 Venezuela2
54,641 Sweden2
44,018 Poland2
147,165 Czech Republic2
26,123 Malaysia2
19,046 Ireland2
35,969 Denmark2
107,212 South Africa1
30,360 Thailand1
31,584 Peru1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,198 Maldives1
13,447 Uganda1
2,613 The Bahamas1
16,640 Hong Kong1
531 Greenland1
42,479 Greece1
3,350 Fiji1
6,149 Ethiopia1
34,581 Chile1
8,181 Botswana1
17,575 Kuwait1
1,819 Laos1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
11,923 Slovenia1
24,421 Slovakia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
47,891 Norway1
118,015 Netherlands1
1,572 Macau1
12,270 Lebanon1
91,024 Belgium1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,214 Singapore35
8,720 Qatar29
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
91,823 Indonesia88
29,679 Spain84
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Pilla:
16,159 Philippines902
2,138 Ecuador714
7,988 Argentina672
25,985 France380
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
50,182 Germany202
18,940 Canada190
16,815 Australia156
23,602 Mexico131
3,641 Oman124
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
8,698 Colombia122
38,707 England108
Countries with thousands of Pilla:
3,544 Italy2,867
4,957 Brazil2,814
1,984 Tanzania2,712
15,608 United States2,142
Countries with ten thousands of Pilla:
1,239 India48,686
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

23 years old laborer Agostino Pilla who was residing in Colle-Sannita, Italy migrated to New York on March 19, 1898 by Alsatia put out from Naples. Alessandro Pilla, aged 20, Alessandro Pilla, aged 30, Alessandro Pilla (38) Country man, Alessio Pilla, 17 years old Alfonso Pilla, Alnienudo Pilla, Laborer Andrea Pilla, Andrea Pilla (37) Shoemaker, and 135 other Pilla around 53.12% of whom were laborer while others worked as peasant and country man, shoemaker, farmer, tailor, daughter, housewife migrated to US from Naples, Naples & Palermo and Marseilles & Naples.

Pilla Namesakes

  • Aarya Pillai, Jomol's daughter
  • Rajesh Pillai, Film director
  • Manju Pillai, Actress
  • Gopal Krishna Pillai, Administrator
  • Ajith Pillai, Film director
  • P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, Politician
  • Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, Dramatist
  • Al Pillay, Movie star
  • Cecilia Pillado, Film actor
  • Rajesh Pillai, Film director

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