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 surname Pendley is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pendley is the 85,777th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,296,486 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Pendley live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pendley is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 13 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 5,492 people, or 1 in 65,998. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 16 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Alabama, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Pendley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pendley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pendley surname expanded 1,346 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 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% 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