Last name Pilkington (Pilkington 
, Пилкингтон, פילקינגטון 
) , around the globe, is a common family name. The cognomen Pilkington is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Isle of Man, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, and Ireland. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
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| Pilkington | Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| פילקינגטון | Israel |
| john de pilkington English Member of Parliament (b. 1250) |
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| roger pilkington English gentry (b. 1325) |
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| john pilkington English Yorkist gentry, died 1479 (b. 1400) |
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| thomas pilkington English gentry, died 1487 (b. 1430) |
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james pilkington the first Protestant Bishop of Durham from 1561 until his death in 1576, GB (b. 1520) |
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| arthur pilkington Peerage person ID=512415 (b. 1482) |
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| leonard pilkington English scholar (b. 1527) |
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| robert pilkington Member of the Parliament of England for Clitheroe (b. 1560) |
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| francis pilkington English composer, GB (b. 1565) |
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thomas pilkington English merchant, politician and Lord Mayor of London (b. 1628) |
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laetitia pilkington Irish poet (b. 1709) |
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| matthew pilkington Irish Church of Ireland priest, writer, and art historian, IE (b. 1701) |
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| matthew pilkington Pilkington, Matthew (bap. 1705, d. 1765), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, GB (b. 1705) |
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| sir lionel pilkington, 5th baronet British landowner and MP (b. 1707) |
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| john pilkington Anglo-Irish memoirist, IE (b. 1730) |
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