Pinkerton Family History
Pinkerton Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place near
Dunbar, which is from an unexplained first element + Old English
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. This surname has been
established in Ireland since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pinkerton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pinkerton families
 68 - 134  23 - 67 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pinkerton families
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53 - 104 18 - 52 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pinkerton families
|
114 - 226 39 - 113 |
1 - 38 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pinkerton Family Origin
Pinkerton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Pinkerton
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Pinkerton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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