Pillinger Surname

258,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Austria

Pillinger Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title; a variant of Penniger; compare banister for baluster, or messenger for messager.

Pillinger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7621:73,1218,342
Austria3001:28,3854,520
United States1381:2,626,514158,538
Australia1041:259,57423,725
Hungary431:228,28618,658
Wales411:75,4766,450
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
France11:66,422,722504,397
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3111:78,3778,472
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Pillinger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title; a variant of Penniger; compare banister for baluster, or messenger for messager.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Pillinger Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pillinger Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pillinger is found most in England. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pillinger? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pillinger is the 258,906th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,797,594 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Pillinger live; 54 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 762 people, or 1 in 73,121. In England Pillinger is mostly found in: Gloucestershire, where 16 percent are found, West Midlands, where 11 percent are found and Somerset, where 10 percent are found. Beside England Pillinger occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Pillinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pillinger has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Pillinger last name rose 245 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,380 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 586 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pillinger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pillinger surname are 23.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 77.14% registered with the party.

The amount Pillinger earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.38% more than the national average, earning R 326,472 per year; in United States they earn 7.98% more than the national average, earning $46,593 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $49,084 CAD per year.

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Pillinger Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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