# Pendarvis (surname)

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

A surname from Cornish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cornish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,380 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,559 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 223,729 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (1,361 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from Cornish Pennderves, from penn (“head”) + derves (“oakwood”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pendarvis 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Pendergrass, Pender, Pendergast, Painter, Ponder, Pointer, Pinder, Poynter, Pinter, Paynter, Pendergraft, Pounders.

## 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.