Last Name PENDLETON

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Meaning	Local: The summit of the hill, Gaelic, from 'pendle,' the summit, and 'dun,' a hill. 'Pen-dal-ton,' the town at the head of the valley.

Origin	Irish

Rank	2,076 (2000 US census)	1,835 (1990 US census)

Count	16,026 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.07%, or 12031 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.49%, or 3284 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 85 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.86%, or 138 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 268 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.38%, or 221 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...