Pentland

English

Etymology

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

Pentland (countable and uncountable, plural Pentlands)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A town in Queensland, Australia.
3. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.

Derived terms

• pentlandite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pentland is the 38582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Pentland is most common among White (89.53%) individuals.

Further reading

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