Pilkington

English

Alternative forms

• Pilkinton

Etymology

English habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Pīleca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Pilkington (plural Pilkingtons)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pilkington is the 7660^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4336 individuals. Pilkington is most common among White (94.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pilkington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.