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    The surname Pemberton

    An English surname, carried by 11,272 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P516

    Pemberton: #3,207 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pemberton #3,207, 11,272 people Pemberton: #3,207 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pemberton #3,207, 11,272 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pemberton is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,272 people named Pemberton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,390 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,842.

    #3,207
    rank among US surnames
    11,272
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,065)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,198Nettles11,30227,318
    #3,200Burdette11,28427,361
    #3,201Villagomez11,28227,366
    #3,202Apodaca11,28027,371
    #3,203Royer11,27927,373
    #3,204Colby11,27827,376
    #3,205Daily11,27627,381

    Who is named Pemberton

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    78% of people named Pemberton identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pembertons

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Pemberton
      American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831-1888)
    • Steve Pemberton
      British actor and comedian (born 1967)
    • Amy Pemberton
      British actress, born 1988
    • Johnny Pemberton
      American actor and comedian, born 1981

    Notable Pembertons come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Pembleton

    Surnames that sound like Pemberton

    Pemberton has the Soundex code P516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P516.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pemberton come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Pemberton?
    11,272 people in the United States had the surname Pemberton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,390 Americans. It ranked 3,207th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pemberton?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Pemberton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pemberton?
    John Pemberton, American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831-1888), followed by Steve Pemberton.
    Where is the surname Pemberton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pemberton in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Pemberton getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,272 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Pemberton?
    Pembleton.