Pattenden

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Kent, from the Old English personal name *Peatta + dene (“valley”).

Proper noun

Pattenden (plural Pattendens)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Pattenden is the 4888^th most common surname in England, belonging to 1489 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pattenden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.