# Pendergrass (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pendergrass/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,123 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,378 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,009 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (7,904 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɛn.dɚˌɡɹæs/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Prendergast.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pendergrass 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pendergrass in the United States.

## People named Pendergrass

- Teddy Pendergrass, American singer (1950–2010)

## Similar surnames

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