Pendleton Surname

21,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,892 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Pendleton Surname Definition:

Belonging to Pendleton (Lancs2), 13th cent. (both places) Penhulton, Pennulton, Penelton, Penhiltone [The Manchester Pendleton is near Pendlebury (q.v.), so that the first two elements of the name of the former place may be taken to have the same origin with those of the latter.

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Pendleton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21,8211:16,6112,104
England2,0371:27,3533,725
Canada4491:82,0619,150
Australia2171:124,40413,629
Wales1021:30,3393,079
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Scotland391:137,2778,372
Sudan361:1,041,9503,038
Northern Ireland291:63,6224,809
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Guyana81:95,2786,792
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Panama41:978,06412,245
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
China31:455,773,85521,925
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guam11:160,1214,893
Grenada11:108,5351,793
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8281:29,4393,975
Wales241:65,3513,160
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8441:10,3671,356

Pendleton (186) may also be a first name.

Pendleton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Belonging to Pendleton (Lancs2), 13th cent. (both places) Penhulton, Pennulton, Penelton, Penhiltone [The Manchester Pendleton is near Pendlebury (q.v.), so that the first two elements of the name of the former place may be taken to have the same origin with those of the latter. The Pendleton near Clitheroe-otherwise Little Pendleton—is at the foot of Pendle Hill: v. Pendle]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Pendleton (hilltop village), in Lancashire.

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

Two townships in Lancashire are so called.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. The summit of the hill, Gaelic, from pendle, the summit, and dun, a hill. Pen—dal—ton, the town at the head of the valley.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pendleton Last Name Facts

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

Pendleton (Russian: Пендлетон) is found most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendleton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 21,845th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 292,767 people. Pendleton occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Pendleton reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 667,122nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 186 people.

The surname Pendleton is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 21,821 people, or 1 in 16,611. In The United States Pendleton is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Missouri, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 45 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Pendleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pendleton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pendleton last name expanded 450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 246 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 425 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 557 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pendleton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Pendleton surname is predominantly Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pendleton surname are 12.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.8% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pendleton earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.5% less than the national average, earning $42,071 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning $46,491 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pendleton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pendleton in the Russian language
Пендлетонpendleton-

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Pendleton Reference & Research

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