Last name Pinkerton (Pinkerton 
, Пинкертон 
, Tūn 
) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Pinkerton is characteristic of Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, the United States, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
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| Pinkerton | United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Taiwan, Canada |
| Пинкертон | Kyrgyzstan |
| Tūn | Myanmar |
| פינקרטון | Israel |
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john pinkerton British antiquarian, GB (b. 1758) |
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| john pinkerton (b. 1735) |
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allan pinkerton American Civil War detective and spy, US (b. 1819) |
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| robert pinkerton British missionary, GB (b. 1780) |
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david pinkerton New Zealand politician, NZ (b. 1836) |
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alfred s. pinkerton politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1856) |
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samuel h. pinkerton American surgeon, US (b. 1857) |
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| euphemia pinkerton (born 1808) (b. 1808) |
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| william pinkerton South Australian settler from England (b. 1810) |
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| william pinkerton (b. 1801) |
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| millicent pinkerton (born 1826) (b. 1826) |
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| w. w. pinkerton American politician, US (b. 1842) |
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| john pinkerton British politician (b. 1845) |
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| thomas a. pinkerton UK author Thomas (1850-1914), GB (b. 1850) |
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| percy edward pinkerton British translator (1855-1946), GB (b. 1855) |
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