Pilkington Family History
Pilkington Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place in the parish
of Prestwich, Lancashire, so named from Old English
Pilecingtun ‘settlement (Old English tun)
associated with Pileca’. The surname is established in
Ireland, where its presence was first recorded in the early 15th
century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pilkington Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pilkington families
 26 - 50  9 - 25 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pilkington families
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2,120 - 4,237 707 - 2,119 |
1 - 706 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pilkington families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pilkington Family Origin
Pilkington Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Pilkington
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Pilkington Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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