Pillows Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pillows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pillows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2471:1,467,445100,382
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Pillows Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pillows is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pillows? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,001,271st most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Pillows are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Pillows is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 1,467,445. In The United States Pillows is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 37 percent live, Illinois, where 16 percent live and Tennessee, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

Pillows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pillows has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 633 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pillows Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pillows last name are 5.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.97% registered to vote for the political party.

Pillows earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.57% less than the national average, earning $36,861 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pellows8622/
Pillovs861/
Plows831,057/
Plews672,183/
Plovs675/
Plaws671/
Plovst6211/
Plovsh620/
Ploufse571/
Plehovs571/
Plovz507/
Plovc503/
Plevs500/
Plefs500/

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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 Pillows
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