# Pendleton (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from the places in England.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,751 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,168 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,431 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (16,026 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

'The settlement beside Pendle', from Pendle + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pendleton 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pendleton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Pendleton

- Victoria Pendleton, British cyclist and jockey
- Austin Pendleton, American actor and director (born 1940)
- Nat Pendleton, American Olympic wrestler and actor (1895–1967)
- George H. Pendleton, American lawyer, politician and businessman (1825-1889)
- Edmund Pendleton, American politician (1721-1803)
- George C. Pendleton, American politician (1845-1913)
- Terry Pendleton, American baseball player and coach
- Steve Pendleton, American actor (1908-1984)
- Freddie Pendleton, American boxer
- James M. Pendleton, American politician (1822-1889)

## Similar surnames

Pendley, Pantaleon, Pentland.

## 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.