Pendley
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Frequency: (1556)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: possibly a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
2. Probably an altered spelling of German Bendele or Bendle, Bendler.
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