How common is the surname Pendergast?

3,302 people in the United States had the surname Pendergast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,503 Americans. It ranked 9,803rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pendergast?

Tom Pendergast, American politician (1872-1945).

Where is the surname Pendergast most common?

Wikidata records people named Pendergast in the United States.

Is the surname Pendergast getting more or less common?

More common. 3,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,302 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Pendergast

A surname, carried by 3,302 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pendergast is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Variant of Prendergast.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,302 people named Pendergast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,503 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,249.

#9,803

rank among US surnames

3,302

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,232)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,794	Arechiga	3,306	93,389
#9,798	Trantham	3,304	93,446
#9,800	Casias	3,303	93,474
#9,803	Goto	3,302	93,503
#9,808	Whisenhunt	3,301	93,531
#9,810	Vos	3,300	93,559

Who is named Pendergast

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

94% of people named Pendergast identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pendergasts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Pendergast
American politician (1872-1945)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pendergast

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

Questions

Where does the surname Pendergast come from?: Variant of Prendergast.
How common is the surname Pendergast?: 3,302 people in the United States had the surname Pendergast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,503 Americans. It ranked 9,803rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pendergast?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pendergast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pendergast?: Tom Pendergast, American politician (1872-1945).
Where is the surname Pendergast most common?: Wikidata records people named Pendergast in the United States.
Is the surname Pendergast getting more or less common?: More common. 3,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,302 in 2010, up 1.6%.