Pelkington Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 16
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 22
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Pelkington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pelkington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Coal Miner 2
Railway Servant Railway Porter 2
Living On Parish Relief 2
Labourer Timber Yard 1
Coal Pit Crow 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Farmer 1
Farmers Daughter 1
Line Worker 1
Pit Browwoman Coal Miner 1
Reeler On Cotton Mill 1
Bleacher 1
Gardener's Labourer 1
Lace Bleacher 1
Lace Curtain Taper 1
Lace Dresser 1
Machine Fitter 1
Railway Engine Driver 1
Marble Polisher 1
Civil Engineer 1
Tube Maker 1
Clerk 1
Grocer 1
Nil 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pelkington

Name Census Frequency
Mary Pelkington 35
William Pelkington 23
John Pelkington 22
James Pelkington 21
Thomas Pelkington 21
Elizabeth Pelkington 15
Alice Pelkington 13
Sarah Pelkington 9
George Pelkington 8
Annie Pelkington 7
Henry Pelkington 7
Jane Pelkington 7
Ann Pelkington 6
Charles Pelkington 6
Margaret Pelkington 6
Richard Pelkington 6
Walter Pelkington 6
Arthur Pelkington 5
Harry Pelkington 5
Ada Pelkington 4
Edward Pelkington 4
Ellen Pelkington 4
Esther Pelkington 4
Ethel Pelkington 4
Frances Pelkington 4

Pelkington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pilkington 90% 33,829
2 Pelkington 100% 398

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The surname Pelkington is the 2nd most popular variant of Pilkington.

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