Pilgrim Surname

29,802nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,954 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Pilgrim Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) Pilgrim [Old French pelegrin; Latin peregrin-us, a stranger] The modern French form, Pèlerin (also meaning a hypocrite), is found in our Hundred-Rolls.

Pilgrim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,2831:43,7595,365
England2,8851:19,3132,754
Canada1,9711:18,6942,635
Australia1,2911:20,9112,902
Germany1,0341:77,8589,861
Barbados7301:39497
Trinidad and Tobago3641:3,747621
Guyana2541:3,001550
New Zealand1781:25,4404,458
Grenada821:1,324247
Thailand741:954,572147,178
Antigua and Barbuda731:1,359235
Chile631:279,6278,218
Wales391:79,3476,699
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Panama351:111,7794,120
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
United States Virgin Islands351:3,154532
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Saint Lucia331:5,418729
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Jamaica291:98,9644,125
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines251:4,506576
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Belize161:22,2171,827
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Israel141:611,26042,949
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Bermuda121:5,440820
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Qatar91:262,00030,726
India91:85,229,487684,495
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
France71:9,488,960336,266
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
China21:683,660,78330,601
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Dominica11:75,891912
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Montserrat11:4,947471
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5521:15,7062,321
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9511:52,8065,958

Pilgrim (243) may also be a first name.

Pilgrim Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) Pilgrim [Old French pelegrin; Latin peregrin-us, a stranger] The modern French form, Pèlerin (also meaning a hypocrite), is found in our Hundred-Rolls.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who visited a distant shrine.

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

A frequenter of holy shrines. See Palmer. Pilegrim, Pilgrym, H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Robert, John, Thomas, Pelerin, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Henry, John, Symon Pelrim, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Pilgrim is an ancient East Anglian name, which was represented in Norfolk and Suffolk in the 13th century (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Pilgrim Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pilgrim (Russian: Пилгрим) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilgrim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 29,802nd most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 405,901 people. Pilgrim occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Pilgrim reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 573,164th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 243 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 8,283 people, or 1 in 43,759. In The United States Pilgrim is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent reside, Georgia, where 11 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 90 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Pilgrim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pilgrim has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pilgrim surname grew 871 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,950 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 283 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pilgrim Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pilgrim last name are 15.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.25% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pilgrim earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.56% less than the national average, earning 247,238 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 150.59% more than the national average, earning R 595,500 per year; in United States they earn 3.46% less than the national average, earning $41,658 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.78% less than the national average, earning $48,799 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pilgrim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pilgrim in the Russian language
Пилгримpilgrim-

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