Pentland

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: Middle English

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”).

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Pent Root name
Ackroyd Middle English origin
Albon Middle English origin
Alcock Middle English origin
Alder Middle English origin
Ashe Middle English origin
Atkinson Middle English origin
Atterberry Middle English origin
Aycock Middle English origin

Popularity by Country

Pentland

Rank #8803

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Pentland

Rank #38890

Frequency 534 people (0.2 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 94.19% Hispanic 3% Two+ 2.06%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

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