Pender Surname

33,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

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.

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Pender Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,3101:43,6175,354
England1,4791:37,6734,916
Ireland1,0521:4,476759
Australia1,0331:26,1333,553
Nigeria9721:182,24611,158
Canada7651:48,1645,843
Scotland6791:7,8851,176
Iran2831:271,31619,915
Poland2131:178,44524,461
India1511:5,079,903126,627
New Zealand1421:31,8905,546
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Russia691:2,088,740128,406
South Africa561:967,45960,627
Estonia541:24,4784,454
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
Wales321:96,7047,743
Ukraine291:1,569,748122,792
Hungary241:409,01227,854
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Turkey91:8,646,825130,497
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Norway61:857,04855,549
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8211:5,396897
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5291:46,0785,717
Scotland4221:8,8701,177
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5991:31,4063,786

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.

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

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.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

These are abbreviated forms of Prendergast, q.v

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) Dweller at the pen enclosure.

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

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.

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

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfender921,267/
Pendere92142/
Pendert9226/
Pendher924/
Penderd922/
Pennder921/
Peunder921/
Paender921/
Puender921/
Pendeer920/
Pende912,741/
Pnder913/
Pfaender86474/
Pfendert8688/
Pendhere862/
Penndear861/
Pfoender860/
Pinder8323,510/
Pfende831,237/
Pendre83646/
Pendhe83283/
Pendez83222/
Pendei83217/
Pendeš83148/
Pendet83141/
Pendea83124/
Paende83105/
Pendes8395/
Pynder8384/
Pendey8366/
Pünder8362/
Pendie8361/
Pendir8353/
Pennde8337/
Pendje8317/
Pendee8313/
Pendep838/
Pendde833/
Pended833/
Pendeu833/
Pendge832/
Poende832/
Puende831/
Pndeer831/
Pendeľ831/
Pfnder831/
Pnde8017/
Penderova806/
Pfänder772,324/
Pfinder77128/
Poendey7757/
Pfünder7753/
Pendhei7740/
Paendee7718/
Piendee7715/
Poendei7711/
Pendhre776/
Pindere775/
Pendeis774/
Penndre772/
Pemndje772/
Pndheer772/
Pendech772/
Puendee772/
Paendey771/
Pendhir771/
Pinnder771/
Pendije771/
Șpendea771/
Pindher771/
Pendees770/
Penda7311,257/
Pendi736,573/
Pinde731,200/
Pendy731,071/
Pndey7393/
Pendá734/
Pemde733/
Phnde731/
Pndei731/
Pndet731/
Pndge731/
Pinderød7110/
Pendoire711/
Pindeš67384/
Paendi67340/
Pendoy67304/
Pendit67293/
Pindet67152/
Pindes67106/
Pienda6792/
Pendip6787/
Pendio6783/
Pindee6752/
Pindea6751/
Pendai6751/
Pendis6747/
Pindej6744/
Penday6739/
Pendha6736/
Peendi6734/
Pindie6732/
Pindre6728/
Pendoi6727/
Pendih6721/
Pendui6715/
Pendda6714/
Pindey6713/
Pindeh6713/
Pfände6710/
Pfendi679/
Ppendi678/
Penddy676/
Bpendi675/
Pindge675/
Pndhre675/
Pendiz675/
Pindei674/
Penddi674/
Pindez674/
Pnndey673/
Pendiy672/
Pindeu672/
Pindir672/
Pendhi671/
Pfenda671/
Piendi671/
Pindhe671/
Pinnde671/
Pndeet671/
Pndeyz671/
Pendiæ671/
Paendy671/
Piendy671/
Pendoj671/
Penduy671/
Pendys671/
Penndi671/
Pionde671/
Pindje671/
Pinderova671/
Pyonde671/
Pimder671/
Pemdee671/
Penndy671/

Pender Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pender in the Hindi language
पेन्दरpendara-
Pender in the Marathi language
पदेरpadera50
पदोेरpadoera50
Pender in the Russian language
Пендерpender-

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