# Prendergast (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/prendergast/  
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) | 5,800 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,936 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (5,566 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pendergast, Penderghast, Pendergraft, Pendergrass |

## Etymology

From the Irish and Welsh surname, perhaps derived from a now lost settlement in Flanders called Brontegeest. This surname was then brought to England through the Norman Conquest.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Prendergast 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Prendergast in the United States.

## People named Prendergast

- Maurice Prendergast, American-Canadian artist (1858-1924)

## Similar surnames

Parent, Prentice, Parente, Prunty, Prentiss, Prindle, Pruneda, Parenteau, Parenti, Printz.

## 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.