How common is the surname Pendleton?

16,751 people in the United States had the surname Pendleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,431 Americans. It ranked 2,168th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pendleton?

Victoria Pendleton, British cyclist and jockey, followed by Austin Pendleton.

Where is the surname Pendleton most common?

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

Is the surname Pendleton getting more or less common?

More common. 16,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,751 in 2010, up 4.5%.

Is Pendleton also a first name?

Yes. Pendleton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Pendleton

A place surname, carried by 16,751 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P534 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pendleton is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

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

Pendleton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,751 people named Pendleton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,431 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,026.

#2,168

rank among US surnames

16,751

people in 2010

5.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,076)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,159	Barrow	16,801	18,377
#2,160	Torrez	16,795	18,383
#2,161	Dupree	16,794	18,384
#2,162	Eastman	16,791	18,388
#2,163	Crandall	16,781	18,399
#2,164	Light	16,769	18,412
#2,166	Almeida	16,760	18,422

Who is named Pendleton

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

73% of people named Pendleton identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pendletons

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist and jockey, born 1980
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, born 1960
Steve Pendleton
American actor (1908-1984)
Freddie Pendleton
American boxer, born 1963
James M. Pendleton
American politician (1822-1889)

Notable Pendletons come mostly from the United States (9) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Pendleton

Pendleton has the Soundex code P534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P534.

Questions

Where does the surname Pendleton come from?: 'The settlement beside Pendle', from Pendle + Old English tūn (“settlement”).
How common is the surname Pendleton?: 16,751 people in the United States had the surname Pendleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,431 Americans. It ranked 2,168th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pendleton?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Pendleton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pendleton?: Victoria Pendleton, British cyclist and jockey, followed by Austin Pendleton.
Where is the surname Pendleton most common?: Wikidata records people named Pendleton in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Pendleton?: Pendleton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pendleton getting more or less common?: More common. 16,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,751 in 2010, up 4.5%.
Is Pendleton also a first name?: Yes. Pendleton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.