Surname Pilates (Pilates 
, Пилатес, พิลาล้ำ) , in the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Pilates is characteristic of Ireland, where it is a rare surname, Uruguay, and Spain. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Spain, Germany, and Italy. Also, Pilates is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Pilates | United States, Spain, Germany, Italy, Brazil |
พิลาธรรม, and พิลาศาสตร์
| heinrich friedrich pilates German metal worker and enthusiastic gymnast, father of Joseph Hubertus Pilates, GR (b. 1859) |
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| helena pilates DE (b. 1860) |
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| joseph h. pilates German inventor of pilates, DE (b. 1883) |
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| peter pilates German politician, DE (b. 1892) |
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