Pendagast Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pendagast Surname Definition:

Seems to be a compound of pend- (seen in the name of the famous 7th-cent. Mercian King Penda), and Teutonic gast (Old Saxon, O.H.Ger., O.Dut. gast = Goth, gast-s = Old English gest, gi(e)st = Old Norse gest-r), guest, stranger. (In purely A.

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Pendagast Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:5,846,112285,490
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Pendagast Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Seems to be a compound of pend- (seen in the name of the famous 7th-cent. Mercian King Penda), and Teutonic gast (Old Saxon, O.H.Ger., O.Dut. gast = Goth, gast-s = Old English gest, gi(e)st = Old Norse gest-r), guest, stranger. (In purely A.- Saxon names the form of the second element was usually -gist, as in the case of the Friþegist mentioned in the Chronicle, A D. 993).

If Pend- is Teutonic it must be the same word as Old Frisian pend, pand = East Frisian pand = M.L.Ger. and Dutch pand = Old Norse pant-r (m.) = Ger. pfand, a pledge (Old Frisian penda = Ger. pfänden); but there are reasonable grounds for assuming that the stem is Celtic (cp. Chad), viz. the O.Cymric pend (Welsh pen, Cornish pe(d)n) = Old Irish cend (Irish and Gaelic ceann), head, chief.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Pendagast Last Name Facts

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

Pendagast is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendagast? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pendagast is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Pendagast reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 5,846,112. In The United States Pendagast is most frequent in: Connecticut, where 65 percent reside, North Carolina, where 15 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Beside The United States Pendagast exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside.

Pendagast Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pendagast has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pendagast surname expanded 413 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pendagast Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pendagast last name are 19.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.73% registered with the political party.

Pendagast earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.11% more than the national average, earning $54,847 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pendegast8915/
Pendagass890/
Pendaga883/
Pendeegast841/
Pendeghast840/
Pendagau821/
Pendanga821/
Pendegest780/
Pindaga754/
Pindanga7153/
Pindonga591/
Píndonga591/

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