Pendle Surname

475,239th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 704 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pendle Surname Definition:

Belonging to Pendle (Hill) (Lancs), A.D. 1294 Pennehille, 14th cent.

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Pendle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4021:138,60213,521
United States1551:2,338,445144,975
Australia471:574,37741,856
Canada401:921,14070,350
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
India151:51,137,692512,385
Wales61:515,75523,171
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1901:128,29111,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Pendle (10) may also be a first name.

Pendle Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Belonging to Pendle (Hill) (Lancs), A.D. 1294 Pennehille, 14th cent. Penhil, Penhul [the second element is Old English hyll, a hill; the hill being over 1800 feet high, the first element is rather the Cymric pen, a head, height, than Old English penn, ah animal-enclosure]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Pendle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pendle (Marathi: पडले) is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendle? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 475,239th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,351,628 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Pendle live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 59 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 402 people, or 1 in 138,602. In England Pendle is mostly found in: Suffolk, where 13 percent reside, Norfolk, where 11 percent reside and Greater London, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Pendle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pendle has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Pendle last name increased 212 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 178 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pendle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pendle surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pendle earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.61% less than the national average, earning R 141,144 per year; in United States they earn 4.41% more than the national average, earning $45,052 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.32% less than the national average, earning $49,027 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pendley925,621/
Pendler9293/
Pendele9268/
Pendile9228/
Piendle926/
Pendlet921/
Pendles921/
Pendlee920/
Pfendler86526/
Pendilhe8614/
Pendille862/
Penndley862/
Pendletz862/
Pendleys861/
Penndler860/
Piendlei860/
Pendli834,806/
Pendly83137/
Pendla8391/
Pindle8384/
Pndley833/
Pndile831/
Pndele831/
Pnndle831/
Pyndle831/
Pendelley801/
Pendlay7798/
Pindele7728/
Pindler7719/
Pendlli779/
Pendhli775/
Pendlaa773/
Penddli773/
Pindles771/
Pindile771/
Piendla771/
Pendail771/
Pndla7317/
Pfändler71758/
Pendilla71302/
Pendilli7172/
Pendelli7150/
Pendella7113/
Pendylla713/
Pendelly711/
Pendeill711/
Pendlych711/
Pyndla6747/
Pindla6738/
Pindli6715/
Pendaelly671/
Pendillla671/
Pindly671/
Pendellii671/
Pemdli671/
Pyndli671/
Pendisill670/

Pendle Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pendle in the Marathi language
पडलेpadale-

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