Pentecost Surname

98,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,816 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Pentecost Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Greek) a name given to one born at Whitsuntide [Middle English pentecost(e, Old French pentecoste (mod. pentecôte); from Greek πεντηκσρ-ός, fiftieth (with reference to the number of days after the Passover] Pentecost de Morton.

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Pentecost Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4081:106,35511,670
England6641:83,9139,238
Australia2391:112,95312,558
New Zealand1841:24,6104,301
Canada1731:212,98020,593
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Scotland341:157,4659,168
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Wales161:193,40812,484
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3031:80,4478,644
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4391:114,39311,307

Pentecost (127) may also be a first name.

Pentecost Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Greek) a name given to one born at Whitsuntide [Middle English pentecost(e, Old French pentecoste (mod. pentecôte); from Greek πεντηκσρ-ός, fiftieth (with reference to the number of days after the Passover] Pentecost de Morton.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1330. See the note under Osborn.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Pentecost (fiftieth), a name given to children born on that day.

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

See Times and Seasons. Pentecost and Pentecoste. H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Roger Pentecost occurs on the Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John.

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

Pentecost Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pentecost (Hindi: पेन्टकोस्ट) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pentecost? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 98,443rd most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,513,195 people. The last name Pentecost is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Pentecost live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 825,494th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 127 people.

The surname Pentecost is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,408 people, or 1 in 106,355. In The United States Pentecost is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent reside, Tennessee, where 12 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States Pentecost exists in 29 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Pentecost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pentecost has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pentecost surname grew 776 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 219 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pentecost Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pentecost last name are 17.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.04% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pentecost earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.45% more than the national average, earning R 317,124 per year; in United States they earn 2.8% less than the national average, earning $41,942 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.12% less than the national average, earning $48,628 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pentecost Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pentecost in the Hindi language
पेन्टकोस्टpentakosta-

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Pentecost Reference & Research

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