Pendre Surname

507,320th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 646 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Wales

Pendre Surname Definition:

Offic. 'the pinder,' a keeper of a pound or penfold; v. Pinder.

Edmundus del Rodes, pendder, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

William le Pendere. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.

1625. Buried — David Pendere, a doth worker, in Basing Lane: St.

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Pendre Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines5721:176,99028,587
India261:29,502,515369,827
Wales181:171,91811,581
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pendre (18) may also be a first name.

Pendre Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Offic. 'the pinder,' a keeper of a pound or penfold; v. Pinder.

Edmundus del Rodes, pendder, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

William le Pendere. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.

1625. Buried — David Pendere, a doth worker, in Basing Lane: St. Mary Aldermary.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the office of 'pender' or 'pinder,' impounder of strayed cattle, as defined in the Promptorium Parvulorum: "Pyndare of beestys, pynnar, inclusor." An old surname in the parish of Mugdock and in Lanarkshire. William Pender, wobster, burgess-freeman, Glasgow, 1600 (Burgesses). David Pender in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, 1644, and eleven more of the name are recorded in the Commissariot Record of Lanark. Robert Pendar of Burne, 1672 (Inquis. Tut., 977), James Pender in Slamannan, 1691 (Torphichen), and John Pender in Rindmuir, Lanark, 1711 (Minutes, p. 115). Pender and Pinder in many instances in Ireland are said to be shortened forms of Prendergast (Woulfe, p. 659). See Penner.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

An estate in St. Burian, co. Cornwall, which continued to be the chief abode of the family until temp. Henry VI. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Pender is an old Cornish name. Pendre is an estate in St. Buryan, where the family of Pender or Pendre resided until the reign of Henry VI. (G.) The Pendars were seated at Trevidar, in the same parish, for upwards of five centuries, and were traditionally of the same stock as the Penders or Pendres (G.). Benjamin and Francis Pender were on the Commission of the Peace for the county in 1803 (P.). One of the present homes of the names is in the Scilly Islands.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Pendre Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pendre (Marathi: पदरे) is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Pendre click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pendre? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 507,320th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,281,031 people. The last name Pendre is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Pendre reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Pendre is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 18 people.

This surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 572 people, or 1 in 176,990. In The Philippines it is most common in: Calabarzon, where 61 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 22 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines Pendre occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside and Wales, where 3 percent reside.

Pendre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pendre has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Pendre last name contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Pendrey92546/
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Pendrei924/
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Pendress864/
Pendhere862/
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Pendreth860/
Pender8315,672/
Pendra833,254/
Pendry831,846/
Pendri83835/
Pendir8353/
Pindre8328/
Pndhre835/
Pemdre831/
Pendreich8059/
Pfender771,267/
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Pindire7710/
Penddra778/
Pindere775/
Pendher774/
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Pendhri772/
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Pendrii771/
Pendraj771/
Puender771/
Paender771/
Pendrio771/
Peendra771/
Peunder771/
Pendhir771/
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Pnder733/
Pndra731/
Pfaender71474/
Pendrich71176/
Pfendert7188/
Pendrith7138/
Pendriss7123/
Pendrycz714/
Penndear711/
Pfoender710/
Pinder6723,510/
Pindra671,537/
Pindri6785/
Pynder6784/
Pünder6762/
Pyndra6734/
Pndrai6714/
Pindry677/
Penderova676/
Pindir672/
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Pendre Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pendre in the Marathi language
पदरेpadare50
पेन्pen50

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