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

The surname Pendergrass (Russian: Пендерграсс) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendergrass? popularity and diffusion

Pendergrass is the 49,951st most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 708,285 people. The surname Pendergrass is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Pendergrass reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

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

Pendergrass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pendergrass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pendergrass surname rose 644 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pendergrass Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pendergrass last name are 15.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.8% registered to vote for the 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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