Pillai
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Frequency: (283)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Indian (Tamil Nadu): Hindu name found in several communities of Tamil Nadu, from Tamil piḷḷai ‘son’, ‘lad’.
GIVEN NAMES: Indian 84%. Radhakrishna (5), Raj (5), Krishna (4), Sivan (4), Vinod (4), Ammini (2), Anilkumar (2), Bala (2), Balakrishna (2), Kesava (2), Lata (2), Meena (2).
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