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pilkington Name Meaning and History

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.

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pilkington Family Facts

Distribution of pilkington Families in the US in 1920
Number of pilkington families
 26-50
 9-25		 1-8
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Debra oe Deborah Retread2006 0
George Pilkington Newark, New Jersey jp_124 5
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Pilkington DNA results needed for comparison: England and U.S. JamesPilkinton 4
Mary Pilkington Purse LoriMills591 0
Pilkingtons of Aspull/New Springs karenpieri 7
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PILKINGTON/PILKEY Dena Pilkey Hanna 1
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