Pisilä

surname · Latin script

Pisilä is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From a Germanic (Old High German) name Bisa, Bisi, Biso + -lä.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 15K(measured from records)
  • CLChile≈1 in 1.2M
  • SESweden1 in 1.7M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

381 people

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From a Germanic (Old High German) name Bisa, Bisi, Biso + -lä.

Sources 1

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pisilä counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pisilä is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland3811 in 15K381Pisilä12
CL Chile≈16 est.≈1 in 1.2M1——
US United States≈10 est.≈1 in 33Mlisted—3
SE Sweden61 in 1.7M6—3
EC Ecuador——1——

381 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pisilä is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya

    Also written Pisila, Pisilae

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Chile, Argentina

    Also written Pisila

  • Hindi given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Pisila

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Pisila

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Pisilä
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—381#4,389
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—192—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—6#50,612

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pisilä mean, and where does it come from?
From a Germanic (Old High German) name Bisa, Bisi, Biso + -lä. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Pisilä have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 381 people named Pisilä, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pisilä.
Where is Pisilä most common?
Pisilä is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pisilä?
In Finland, the national register counted 381 people named Pisilä, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pisilä”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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