Pillans Surname

636,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Pillans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pillans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:2,369,013146,433
England1171:476,22330,919
Scotland991:54,0794,572
Australia571:473,60936,415
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1491:25,1222,308
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Pillans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pillans is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pillans? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 636,210th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 15,214,083 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Pillans reside; 45 percent reside in Northern Europe and 45 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 2,369,013. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 75 percent live, Alaska, where 6 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent live and Scotland, where 21 percent live.

Pillans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pillans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pillans last name increased 1,530 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 390 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 34 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pillans Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Pillans surname is chiefly Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pillans surname are 3.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.76% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pillans earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 6.44% more than the national average, earning R 252,936 per year and in United States they earn 30.33% more than the national average, earning $56,236 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pillians935/
Pillons86111/
Pillams861/
Pellans860/
Plans831,187/
Pilliams802/
Pillaims801/
Plains77104/
Planås774/
Phlans771/
Pellams7120/
Placins718/
Placens717/
Plainse717/
Platins715/
Plasins712/
Pellanz711/
Pillonz710/
Planz671,054/
Plens671,004/
Plons6730/
Plams6715/
Plassins675/
Plansowa674/
Pellance670/

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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
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  • 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 Pillans
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