Pilger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Pilger family

The surname Pilger was first found in Inverness, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Pilger family

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Pilger Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pilcher, Pilchert, Pilche, Pylche, Piltch and others.

Early Notables of the Pilger family

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Pilger Ranking

In the United States, the name Pilger is the 18,510^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]

Pilger migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pilger Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joh Henrich Pilger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 [2]

Pilger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Johannes Pilger, who landed in North America in 1836 [2]
Martin Pilger, who arrived in Texas in 1847 aboard the ship "Louise Friedke." [2]
Elisab Pilger, aged 30, who landed in America in 1855 [2]
Adam Pilger, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1866 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Pilger (post 1700) +

John Richard Pilger (1939-2023), Australian journalist, writer, scholar and documentary filmmaker, visiting professor at Cornell University in New York.[5]

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)