Pender Surname
Approximately 15,672 people bear this surname
Pender Surname Definition:
Offic. 'the pinder,' a keeper of a pound or penfold; v. Pinder.
Edmundus del Rodes, pendder, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
William le Pendere. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.
1625. Buried — David Pendere, a doth worker, in Basing Lane: St.
Read More About This SurnamePender Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,310 | 1:43,617 | 5,354 |
| England | 1,479 | 1:37,673 | 4,916 |
| Ireland | 1,052 | 1:4,476 | 759 |
| Australia | 1,033 | 1:26,133 | 3,553 |
| Nigeria | 972 | 1:182,246 | 11,158 |
| Canada | 765 | 1:48,164 | 5,843 |
| Scotland | 679 | 1:7,885 | 1,176 |
| Iran | 283 | 1:271,316 | 19,915 |
| Poland | 213 | 1:178,445 | 24,461 |
| India | 151 | 1:5,079,903 | 126,627 |
| New Zealand | 142 | 1:31,890 | 5,546 |
| Argentina | 78 | 1:547,992 | 39,725 |
| Russia | 69 | 1:2,088,740 | 128,406 |
| South Africa | 56 | 1:967,459 | 60,627 |
| Estonia | 54 | 1:24,478 | 4,454 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| Ukraine | 29 | 1:1,569,748 | 122,792 |
| Hungary | 24 | 1:409,012 | 27,854 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 821 | 1:5,396 | 897 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 529 | 1:46,078 | 5,717 |
| Scotland | 422 | 1:8,870 | 1,177 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,599 | 1:31,406 | 3,786 |
Pender (432) may also be a first name.
Pender Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Offic. 'the pinder,' a keeper of a pound or penfold; v. Pinder.
Edmundus del Rodes, pendder, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
William le Pendere. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.
1625. Buried — David Pendere, a doth worker, in Basing Lane: St. Mary Aldermary.
From the office of 'pender' or 'pinder,' impounder of strayed cattle, as defined in the Promptorium Parvulorum: "Pyndare of beestys, pynnar, inclusor." An old surname in the parish of Mugdock and in Lanarkshire. William Pender, wobster, burgess-freeman, Glasgow, 1600 (Burgesses). David Pender in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, 1644, and eleven more of the name are recorded in the Commissariot Record of Lanark. Robert Pendar of Burne, 1672 (Inquis. Tut., 977), James Pender in Slamannan, 1691 (Torphichen), and John Pender in Rindmuir, Lanark, 1711 (Minutes, p. 115). Pender and Pinder in many instances in Ireland are said to be shortened forms of Prendergast (Woulfe, p. 659). See Penner.
(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon Pendhere [v. under Pend(e)gast, and + Old English here, army] 2 a variant of Pinder, q.v.
William le Pendere.—Mun. Gildh. Lond.
These are abbreviated forms of Prendergast, q.v
(English) Dweller at the pen enclosure.
Pender is an old Cornish name. Pendre is an estate in St. Buryan, where the family of Pender or Pendre resided until the reign of Henry VI. (G.) The Pendars were seated at Trevidar, in the same parish, for upwards of five centuries, and were traditionally of the same stock as the Penders or Pendres (G.). Benjamin and Francis Pender were on the Commission of the Peace for the county in 1803 (P.). One of the present homes of the names is in the Scilly Islands.
Pender Demographics
Pender Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Pender Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pender Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pender (Hindi: पेन्दर, Marathi: पदेर, Russian: Пендер) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pender? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,875th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 465,004 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Pender live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pender is also the 412,918th most frequent first name on earth, held by 432 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,310 people, or 1 in 43,617. In The United States Pender is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 13 percent are found, Florida, where 8 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 66 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent are found and Ireland, where 7 percent are found.
Pender Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pender has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pender surname rose 520 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 280 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 128 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 161 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 356 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pender Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Pender surname are 3.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.34% registered with the political party.
The amount Pender earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.77% less than the national average, earning 204,989 kr per year; in Peru they earn 73.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 5,130 per year; in South Africa they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning R 269,220 per year; in United States they earn 2.65% less than the national average, earning $42,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% more than the national average, earning $49,924 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pender Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pender in the Hindi language | ||
| पेन्दर | pendara | - |
| Pender in the Marathi language | ||
| पदेर | padera | 50 |
| पदोेर | padoera | 50 |
| Pender in the Russian language | ||
| Пендер | pender | - |
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