Pentland
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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 pen (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric lann (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
[edit]Pentland (countable and uncountable, plural Pentlands)
- A surname from Middle English.
- A town in Queensland, Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pentland is the 38582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Pentland is most common among White (89.53%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pentland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Cumbric
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- en:Towns in Queensland
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in Queensland
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Unincorporated communities in California, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States