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The prendergast Surname

prendergast Name Meaning and History

Irish: of Welsh origin and uncertain etymology. It is said by its bearers to have been the name of Flemish settlers in Normandy, who took their name from a lost place, Brontegeest, near Ghent in Flanders.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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prendergast Family Facts

Distribution of prendergast Families in the US in 1920
Number of prendergast families
 78-153
 27-77		 1-26
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 143 - Messages: 329
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Dr. William Christopher Dowling PRENDERGAST - Hanley and Falmouth, England DuaneLarge 1
Hammondville debbieak_1 0
Prendergast,Thomas F Bleuwillo 0
Prendergast in Galway AnnPrendergast71 1
James Prendergast from Ireland juliestevans1 2
PRENDERGAST Family - County Limerick DuaneLarge 0
wanting to find my family history dianne Pendgraft 2
PRENDERGAST-Ireland-County Mayo-Accony & Roonah Point okeane1 1
Prendergast in Spain BoBolin_1 3
Elizabeth Prendergast vampyrmo 1
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