Pendergrass Surname

49,951st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands

Pendergrass Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Corruptions of Prendergast. These forms are largely represented in the leading cities of the United States. This is almost entirely due to Irish immigration. For history of the name, v.

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Pendergrass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,2421:35,3894,418
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Northern Mariana Islands111:4,962486
England31:18,572,686338,250
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5911:31,5643,802

Pendergrass Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Corruptions of Prendergast. These forms are largely represented in the leading cities of the United States. This is almost entirely due to Irish immigration. For history of the name, v. Prendergast.

1758. Married — James Pendergrass and Ann Williams: St. George, Hanover Square.

1766. — Nicholas Pendergrass and Ann Blagrave: ibid.

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

For Pend(e)gast, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, Irish) Descendant of Pendegast (head stranger); one who came from Prendergast, a parish in Pembrokeshire.

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

Pendergrass Last Name Facts

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

Pendergrass (Russian: Пендерграсс) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Pendergrass click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendergrass? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 49,951st most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 708,285 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Pendergrass are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 10,242 people, or 1 in 35,389. In The United States Pendergrass is most common in: North Carolina, where 12 percent reside, Tennessee, where 12 percent reside and Missouri, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent reside and Northern Mariana Islands, where 0 percent reside.

Pendergrass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pendergrass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pendergrass last name rose 644 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 92 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pendergrass Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pendergrass surname are 15.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.8% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pendergrass earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.17% less than the national average, earning $40,487 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.7% more than the national average, earning $55,498 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pendergrass Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pendergrass in the Russian language
Пендерграссpendergrass-

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Pendergrass Reference & Research

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