Pemberton Surname

19,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Pemberton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pemberton,' a township in the parish of Wigan, Lancashire.

Adam de Pemberton, c. Richard I.

Thomas Pemberton, of Whitley, 1595: Wills at Chester.

William Pemberton, of Wigan, 1602: ibid.

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Pemberton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,4491:25,0853,158
England7,2751:7,6591,124
Australia1,7561:15,3732,182
Canada8561:43,0445,342
Saint Kitts and Nevis7341:755
New Zealand6041:7,4971,278
Wales5311:5,828651
Trinidad and Tobago1961:6,9591,052
South Africa1391:389,76834,651
Dominican Republic1161:89,9394,002
United States Virgin Islands1101:1,003146
Scotland891:60,1554,924
Costa Rica471:101,7041,717
Guyana451:16,9382,216
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
Ireland381:123,9196,102
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
British Virgin Islands331:957155
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines281:4,024548
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Anguilla211:64059
Jersey201:4,960981
France201:3,321,136213,627
Isle of Man181:4,7681,008
Antigua and Barbuda151:6,611774
Bermuda151:4,352690
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Finland131:422,82327,659
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Jamaica131:220,7656,223
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Dominica61:12,648426
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
China41:341,830,39216,990
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Grenada41:27,1341,180
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Cook Islands31:6,0601,122
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montserrat11:4,947471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland831:53,3724,392
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,2471:7,5071,152
Wales701:22,4061,290
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Isle of Man61:9,045877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4281:20,6832,620

Pemberton (77) may also be a first name.

Pemberton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pemberton,' a township in the parish of Wigan, Lancashire.

Adam de Pemberton, c. Richard I.

Thomas Pemberton, of Whitley, 1595: Wills at Chester.

William Pemberton, of Wigan, 1602: ibid.

1619. John Pemberton, of London, goldsmith, and Mary Lyndsey: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

(Eng:) belonging to Pemberton (Lancs), A.D. 1200 Penberton [v. under Pember, and + Old English tún, farm, estate, etc.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Pemberton (barley enclosure by the hill), in Lancashire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A chapelry in Lancashire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pemberton is the name of a Lancashire township.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

(Celtic, English, Anglo-Saxon) This surname comes from a place name, meaning 'barley settlement by a hill' in Old English. It comes from the words bar, meaning 'barley', and tun, meaning 'settlement' or 'enclosure'. The word pem or pen in the Pemberton variant of this surname means 'hill' in Celtic.

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Pemberton Last Name Facts

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

Pemberton (Russian: Пембертон) is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pemberton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 19,904th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 265,185 people. Pemberton is primarily found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Pemberton reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,100,117th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 77 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 14,449 people, or 1 in 25,085. In The United States Pemberton is most numerous in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, Missouri, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 76 countries. It is also found in England, where 26 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Pemberton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pemberton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pemberton surname expanded 595 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 224 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 759 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 742 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 54 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pemberton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (66%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pemberton last name are 8.41% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.18% registered with the party.

The amount Pemberton earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,205 per year; in South Africa they earn 14.93% less than the national average, earning R 202,164 per year; in United States they earn 0.24% more than the national average, earning $43,253 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning $48,650 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peemberton951/
Penmberton951/
Penberton8931/
Pamberton897/
Pembertom897/
Pimberton896/
Pemborton892/
Pemverton891/
Pembarton890/
Pembertan890/
Pembirton890/
Penmbertan841/
Pennberton840/

Pemberton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pemberton in the Russian language
Пембертонpemberton-

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Pemberton Reference & Research

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