Piliou Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Piliou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piliou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1291:85,89014,528
Burkina Faso231:797,9178,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Piliou Last Name Facts

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

Piliou is most common in Greece. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Piliou.

How Common Is The Last Name Piliou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,415,499th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname Piliou is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Piliou reside; 84 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Piliou is most common in Greece, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 85,890. In Greece Piliou is mostly found in: Epirus, where 87 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 3 percent are found and South Aegean, where 3 percent are found. Other than Greece Piliou occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 15 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Philiou922/
Philliou8631/
Philihou862/
Piloiu83776/
Pyliou8320/
Piliju831/
Pieloiu77102/
Philieu771/
Pitloju771/
Pilju731/
Pelieu6743/
Pilehu6719/
Piléus6711/
Pélieu672/
Pelehou628/
Piliūtė621/
Peulieu621/
Peeloju621/
Pelju551/
Peloiu5048/
Păloiu505/
Pelehu503/
Pleșiu502/
Peluyu501/
Plejoo501/
Pîlșiu501/
Peleju501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Piliou
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