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    The surname Pender

    A surname, carried by 6,340 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P536

    Pender: #5,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pender #5,485, 6,340 people Pender: #5,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pender #5,485, 6,340 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pender is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,340 people named Pender in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,698 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,065.

    #5,485
    rank among US surnames
    6,340
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,278)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,481Huss6,34648,652
    #5,482Orth6,34548,660
    #5,484Lemoine6,34348,675
    #5,485Pender6,34048,698

    Who is named Pender

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

    66% of people named Pender identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Penders

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mel Pender
      American sprinter, born 1937

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pender

    Pender has the Soundex code P536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pender?
    6,340 people in the United States had the surname Pender in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,698 Americans. It ranked 5,485th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pender?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Pender identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pender?
    Mel Pender, American sprinter.
    Where is the surname Pender most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pender in the United States.
    Is the surname Pender getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,340 in 2010, up 4.5%.