Pill Surname

137,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Estonia

Pill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the peel' or fortified house (v. Peel), from residence therein.' Pile, a small tower' (Halliwell).

Richard de la Pile, Somerset, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Benedict de la Pille, Devon, ibid.

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Pill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5631:1,362,46152,776
United States4551:796,61361,475
England4291:129,87912,877
Iran3571:215,07716,985
Germany2871:280,50729,430
Estonia2721:4,860483
Australia2051:131,68614,301
Papua New Guinea911:89,60111,921
Colombia751:636,9887,733
Hungary661:148,73113,450
Romania541:371,81231,284
Poland481:791,84963,527
Russia401:3,603,076182,447
Austria371:230,14727,778
Wales301:103,1518,167
Malaysia301:983,14144,226
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Belgium121:958,05473,966
France111:6,038,429280,838
Turkmenistan91:609,9014,112
Finland71:785,24338,644
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
China21:683,660,78330,601
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5011:48,6535,974
Wales171:92,2604,121
Guernsey101:3,266579
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Pill (771) may also be a first name.

Pill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the peel' or fortified house (v. Peel), from residence therein.' Pile, a small tower' (Halliwell).

Richard de la Pile, Somerset, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Benedict de la Pille, Devon, ibid.

Nicholas de Pille, Essex, ibid.

Walter atte Pyle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Richard atte Pile, Somserset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

William atte Pyle, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Thomas del Pille, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1780. Married — Benjamin Pile and Ann Meredeth: St. George, Hanover Square.

1804. George Tunks and Margaret Pill: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 the Dialectal English pill, a form of Old English pul, a pool: v. Pool(e [v. under Pilton1] 2 a weak form of Peel, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near the pointed object, such as a pointed stake, post or hill, or at the creek.

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

The same as Peel-a small tower. Halliwell.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

1. Probably the same as Peel. 2. Pylle, a parish in Somersetshire. 3. A small creek. See Leland, Itin. iii., 29.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From pil, a little hillock; also a sea ditch or salt-water trench, a trench filled at high water, a little harbour. According to Lhuyd, pill is also a manor or lordship.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Same as Peel. From the Celtic pill, a stronghold, fortress, secure place. Small towers, usually square, of several stories in height, existing in Scotland, chiefly in the counties bordering upon England, are called Pills. There is the Pile of Foudray, a castle in Furness, Lancashire; Peel Castle, Isle of Man; Pill in Devon; and a parish called Pylle in Somersetshire. In Herefordshire pill is used for a small creek, and in co. Somerset for a rock.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Somerset.

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

Pile or Pyle is a name that has long been associated with Exeter and its neighbourhood. George Pyle was sheriff of Exeter in 1620 (I.). Pile was a common name in Exmouth in the 17th century (Webb). The name still mostly gathers round Exeter and its district.

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

Pill Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pill (Hindi: पिल्ल, Russian: Пилль) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pill.

How Common Is The Last Name Pill? popularity and diffusion

It is the 137,661st most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,239,565 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 41 percent of Pill live; 28 percent live in South Asia and 17 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pill is also the 295,600th most commonly held forename throughout the world, borne by 771 people.

This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 563 people, or 1 in 1,362,461. In India it is most numerous in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 86 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 5 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 2 percent reside. Beside India this last name occurs in 61 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Pill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pill surname grew 562 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 176 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pill last name are 0.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.4% being registered with the party.

The amount Pill earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 8.76% more than the national average, earning R 258,456 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.27% less than the national average, earning $18,327,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning $45,636 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.91% less than the national average, earning $40,287 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piell89148/
Puill8990/
Pfill8910/
Pijll896/
Pillt891/
Pil864,566/
Pll8615/
Pell7512,923/
Piel7512,405/
Pihl756,580/
Piol754,032/
Pöll752,378/
Pijl751,597/
Puil75546/
Pilt75449/
Päll75190/
Püll75110/
Pilh7565/
Pild7536/
Pisl7522/
Piël7515/
Pyll755/
Pøll754/
Ppll753/
Pilp753/
Ppil752/
Phll752/
Bpil752/
Pilø752/
Plll751/
Pőll751/
Pfll751/
Påll751/
Pilț751/
Pfil750/
Pillová733/
Piehl674,529/
Poell671,002/
Puell67808/
Pl67781/
Pfiel67261/
Pigli67104/
Pfihl6760/
Pfüll6730/
Peell6722/
Pfell6721/
Puull671/
Paell671/
Peull671/
Pelll671/
Phllp671/
Pislp671/
Pehll670/
Piltt670/

Pill Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pill in the Hindi language
पिल्लpilla-
Pill in the Russian language
Пилльpill-

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