Surname Pil in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pil families are generally Croats (from Srijem, Vojvodina ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina and in Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Pil live in Croatia today, in 11 households.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Virovitica (<10), Stari Pavljani (<10), Knin (<10), Gospic (<5), and in Licki Osik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pil (including: Pilli , Piel , Phil , Pihl , Pill , Pilly , Piil , Piell and Pilh ) is present in 147 countries worldwide. "Piel " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 4000 in France , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Pihl " is used by some 2000 people in Sweden , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Denmark. "Pill " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Great Britain.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Pil, Josip Pil, Ana Pil, Elizabeta Pil, Sedina Pil, Željko Pil, Danijela Pil, Damir Pil, Mauricio Pil, Zvonko Pil, Milena Pil, Darko Pil, Jelica Pil, Mirjana Pil, Vesna Pil, Dragan Pil, Branislav Pil, Tanja Pil, Slavica Pil

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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