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    The surname Pentland

    An English place surname, carried by 573 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P534

    Pentland: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pentland #38,582, 573 people Pentland: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pentland #38,582, 573 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pentland is more common than 76.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric *pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric *penn (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric *lann (“enclosure”).

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

    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 573 people named Pentland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 534.

    #38,582
    rank among US surnames
    573
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #38,890)

    Who is named Pentland

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

    90% of people named Pentland identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pentlands

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alex Pentland
      American academic and entrepreneur, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pentland

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pentland come from?
    Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric *pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric *penn (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric *lann (“enclosure”).
    How common is the surname Pentland?
    573 people in the United States had the surname Pentland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. It ranked 38,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pentland?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Pentland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Pentland?
    Alex Pentland, American academic and entrepreneur.
    Where is the surname Pentland most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pentland in the United States.
    What type of surname is Pentland?
    Pentland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Pentland getting more or less common?
    More common. 534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 573 in 2010, up 7.3%.