Pendant Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Pendant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pendant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1721:386,17957,106
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pendant Last Name Facts

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

Pendant occurs most in France. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Pendant click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendant? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pendant is the 1,198,640th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname Pendant is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Pendant are found; 66 percent are found in Caribbean and 66 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean.

The surname Pendant is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 386,179. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Martinique, where 76 percent live, Île-de-France, where 23 percent live and Occitanie, where 1 percent live. Aside from France this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live and French Polynesia, where 2 percent live.

Pendant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pendant has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pendant last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pendan9228/
Pendang86695/
Pendane8696/
Pindant8637/
Pendean867/
Pendand862/
Pndan833/
Pendhane8014/
Pendasen804/
Pendatin802/
Penndane801/
Pendonte801/
Pendam7712,486/
Pendon778,397/
Pindan77423/
Pendón7713/
Pendán771/
Pendanova752/
Pendong711,336/
Pindang71165/
Penndam71141/
Pendham7127/
Pendaam7111/
Pendeam7111/
Pindane719/
Pendone718/
Penddam715/
Paendon712/
Pindand711/
Pendamk711/
Pindahan675/
Pndam671/
Pindeang671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pendant
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