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Pilkington


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Origin Of The Surname Pilkington

Meaning Of The Surname Pilkington

From Pileca’s Town

Interesting Facts About Pilkington

Pilkington is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English first name ‘Pileca’ suffixed with ‘tun’ meaning settlement. The original buildings of Pilkington would have been owned by a man named Pileca.

Pilkington Statistics

Pilkington is the number 1349 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 7,795 share the surname Pilkington in the UK.

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