# Pemberton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pemberton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,272 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,207 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,390 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (10,842 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pembleton |

## Etymology

From Cumbric/Old Welsh pen (“head, summit”) + Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“village, town”). Or else, the second element may be Old Welsh byr (“short”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pemberton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pemberton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Pemberton

- John Pemberton, American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831-1888)
- Steve Pemberton, British actor and comedian (born 1967)
- Amy Pemberton, British actress
- Johnny Pemberton, American actor and comedian

## Similar surnames

Pembroke, Pember, Pumphrey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.