Pendegast Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Denmark

Pendegast 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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Pendegast Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1241:404,98929,999

Pendegast 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
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Pendegast Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pendegast occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Pendegast click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendegast? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Pendegast occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Pendegast reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 40 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Pendegast is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England Pendegast is mostly concentrated in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 100 percent reside. Besides England this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Pendegast Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pendegast has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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