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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Pilkington
Name Distribution of Pilkington Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pilkington families
 2,120 - 4,237  707 - 2,119 |
 1 - 706  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pilkington families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pilkington census records
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Pilkington Family Origin
Pilkington Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Pilkington Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Pilkington Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Pilkington census records
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Military Service by Pilkington
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