Explore the Family Name Pendola

The meaning of Pendola

Italian (Sicily): possibly a nickname from pendolo, pendola ‘leaning, hanging’, or from a pet form of Pando, Bando, a personal name of ancient Germanic origin. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Rocco, Gasper, Ignazio, Julieta, Santo. Spanish Arlita, Carlos, Eduardo, Humberto.

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How common is the last name Pendola in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Pendola's popularity has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. The rank dropped from 50,686 in 2000 to 52,482 in 2010, indicating a decrease of 3.54%. However, despite the drop in ranking, the count of individuals with the Pendola surname has actually increased by 2.07% from 387 people in 2000 to 395 people in 2010. The proportion per 100k also saw a decrease from 0.14 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010, marking a -7.14% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,686	#52,482	-3.54%
Count	387	395	2.07%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pendola

Regarding the ethnicity associated with the surname Pendola as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were notable shifts from 2000 to 2010. In both years, there were no reported individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native descent. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races decreased from 1.55% in 2000 to none by 2010. Predominantly, the Pendola surname is identified as White, although the percentage decreased slightly from 95.35% in 2000 to 93.42% in 2010. Interestingly, the identification as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 149.79%, moving from 2.33% in 2000 to 5.82% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.35%	93.42%	-2.02%
Hispanic	2.33%	5.82%	149.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.55%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%