The surname Pentecost
An English surname, carried by 2,489 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈpɛntəˌkɔst/ 3 syllables Soundex P532
Origin
English origin
From Middle English Pentecoste (“feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost; season of Pentecost, Whitsuntide; Jewish festival celebrating giving of the law to Moses”), from Old English Pentecosten, also influenced by Anglo-Norman pentecoste, Middle French pentecoste, and Old French pentecoste (“Christian feast of Pentecost; Jewish festival of Pentecost”) (modern French Pentecôte).
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,489 people named Pentecost in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,044 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,515.
Who is named Pentecost
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Pentecost identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pentecost has the Soundex code P532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P532.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Pentecost come from?
- From Middle English Pentecoste (“feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost; season of Pentecost, Whitsuntide; Jewish festival celebrating giving of the law to Moses”), from Old English Pentecosten, also influenced by Anglo-Norman pentecoste, Middle French pentecoste, and Old French…
- How common is the surname Pentecost?
- 2,489 people in the United States had the surname Pentecost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,044 Americans. It ranked 12,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pentecost?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pentecost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Pentecost?
- Pentecost is /ˈpɛntəˌkɔst/, 3 syllables.
- Is the surname Pentecost getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,489 in 2010, down 1.0%.