Pendley Surname

85,777th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Pendley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pendley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,4921:65,9987,713
Jamaica661:43,4842,689
England461:1,211,26256,182
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4081:123,08511,950

Pendley (13) may also be a first name.

Pendley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pendley occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pendley is the 85,777th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,296,486 people. Pendley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Pendley reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pendley is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 13 people.

The last name Pendley is most common in The United States, where it is held by 5,492 people, or 1 in 65,998. In The United States it is mostly found in: Georgia, where 16 percent are found, Texas, where 13 percent are found and Alabama, where 10 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Pendley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pendley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pendley surname rose 1,346 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 354 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pendley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pendley surname are 34.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80.9% being registered with the party.

Pendley earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.8% less than the national average, earning $39,782 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penndley932/
Pendleys931/
Pendle92704/
Pendly92137/
Pndley923/
Pendelley881/
Pendlay8698/
Pendler8693/
Piendle866/
Pendlet861/
Pendles861/
Pendlee860/
Pfendler80526/
Pendille802/
Pendletz802/
Pendelly801/
Pendlych801/
Penndler800/
Piendlei800/
Pendli774,806/
Pendla7791/
Pindle7784/
Pindly771/
Pnndle771/
Pyndle771/
Pendaelly751/
Pindler7119/
Pendlli719/
Pendhli715/
Pendlaa713/
Penddli713/
Pindlay712/
Pindles711/
Piendla711/
Pfändler67758/
Pendilla67302/
Pendilli6772/
Pendelli6750/
Pndla6717/
Pendella6713/
Pendylla673/

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Pendley Reference & Research

PENLEY and Variants FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pendley
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis