as a Last Name
- 5,722
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Pender
Meaning & Origins
English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for rounding up stray animals and placing them in a pound, from an agent derivative of Middle English pind(en) ‘to shut up or enclose’. Black and MacLysaght quote Woulfe's opinion that in Ireland this is often a reduced form of Prendergast.
| 5,264th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Pendleton, Pendergrass, Ponder, Pendley, Pendergast, Pendergraft, Pinder, Pendarvis, Pendelton, Pendergrast
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,722
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Pender per capita
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