Pendersen Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pendersen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pendersen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Pendersen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pendersen occurs most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pendersen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendersen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pendersen live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 17,259,949. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 62 percent reside, Arizona, where 10 percent reside and Alabama, where 5 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Pendersen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pendersen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 420 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pendersen Last Name Statistics demography

Pendersen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pendersen
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