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The surname Pilkinton

A surname, carried by 1,009 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P425

Pilkinton: #24,718 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pilkinton #24,718, 1,009 people Pilkinton: #24,718 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pilkinton #24,718, 1,009 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pilkinton is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Pilkington.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,009 people named Pilkinton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 926.

#24,718
rank among US surnames
1,009
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+9%
change since 2000 (was #25,123)

Who is named Pilkinton

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Pilkinton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pilkinton

Pilkinton has the Soundex code P425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P425.

Questions

Where does the surname Pilkinton come from?
Variant of Pilkington.
How common is the surname Pilkinton?
1,009 people in the United States had the surname Pilkinton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. It ranked 24,718th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pilkinton?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pilkinton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pilkinton getting more or less common?
More common. 926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,009 in 2010, up 9.0%.