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Pilapil Family History

Pilapil Surname Meaning

Filipino: metonymic occupational name or topographic name from Tagalog pilapil ‘the levee that separates rice paddies’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1944 and 2003, in the United States, Pilapil life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1995, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Pilapil in 1944 was 39, and 71 in 2003.

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