Pilch Surname

47,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,996 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Pilch Surname Definition:

Metonymic for a pilch-maker: v Pilcher.

Pilch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland7,6081:4,996574
United States1,4951:242,44723,140
Germany6201:129,84815,818
Czechia3141:33,8655,544
Austria2201:38,7076,231
England2151:259,15420,728
France1601:415,14260,629
Canada1191:309,62728,530
Australia541:499,92037,885
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
Slovakia311:172,14429,813
Sweden171:579,22142,433
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Norway141:367,30634,015
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1251:195,00315,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Pilch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Metonymic for a pilch-maker: v Pilcher.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German, English) Dweller at the sign of the dormouse; one who made and sold fur garments.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) From Pilica, a town in Poland.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

A. Piltz; from the Dutch, Pilger; from the German, Pils, Pilz; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pilch Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pilch Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pilch (Russian: Пильч) is found most in Poland. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilch? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 47,102nd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,745 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Pilch live; 72 percent live in Eastern Europe and 72 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Pilch is most numerous in Poland, where it is held by 7,608 people, or 1 in 4,996. Apart from Poland this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Pilch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pilch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pilch last name expanded 13,591 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 172 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pilch Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pilch surname are 2.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.34% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pilch earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.78% more than the national average, earning R 443,868 per year; in United States they earn 6.91% more than the national average, earning $46,131 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.2% less than the national average, earning $49,583 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piltch91154/
Pilche9167/
Pilsch9163/
Pilchs911/
Pielch911/
Pilc891,191/
Plch89605/
Pielsch8346/
Piglich834/
Piltsch832/
Plech80721/
Pelch80406/
Pulch80177/
Pilcz80102/
Pilkh8039/
Pilce803/
Pilcs802/
Pielc801/
Pylch801/
Pilsh800/
Pilchová77359/
Pilchova773/
Plc7513/
Pletch73239/
Pleche73133/
Pülsch7399/
Pullch7330/
Pelche7322/
Pilshe734/
Pelsch733/
Pilhøj732/
Pilkhe731/
Pltsch731/
Peltch731/
Pilz6722,359/
Pelc6710,021/
Pletsch673,144/
Pils672,799/
Pilcová67207/
Plec67199/
Pilj6787/
Peltsch6784/
Pllc6770/
Pellech6754/
Pytlech6714/
Puelsch677/
Pplc674/
Pilcova674/
Pilß673/
Phlc672/
Pealche671/
Plhz671/
Plhc671/
Plce671/
Pletche671/
Pilś671/
Pilţ671/
Plcs671/

Pilch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pilch in the Russian language
Пильчpilc-

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