Pilison Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pilison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Pilison (82) may also be a first name.

Pilison Last Name Facts

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

Pilison is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilison? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. Pilison occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Pilison are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pilison is also the 1,060,447th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 82 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Pilison is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 94 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent are found and Limpopo, where 3 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 20 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Pilison Last Name Statistics demography

Pilison earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.89% more than the national average, earning R 277,764 per year.

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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 Pilison
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