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There are approximately 4,357 people named Prendergast in the UK. That makes it the 2,405th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 69 are named Prendergast.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Ireland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Prendergast surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

PRENDERGAST. Prendregast, a parish iu Pembrokeshire, from whence went forth to the conquest of Ireland, with his neighbour, the famous Strongbow, Maurice de Prendergast, who received for his services ten knights' fees called Fernegenelan. An early Prendergast, in the first half of the XIII. century, who was accounted as one of the Fideles of Ireland, had summons for the French and Scottish •wars. See D'Alton, p. 211.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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