Given name & surname

Pence

Pence is a surname from German.

Original GermanPentz

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Pence comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Pence as a surname developed from PENTZ.

Pence’s family of names

In English usage, Pence as a surname developed from the German form PENTZ. In English usage, Pence as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Пенс. In English usage, Pence as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Armenian form Փենս.

Walk Pence’s family in the name graph

PencePentz彭斯ペンスПенс펜스Փենս

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Pence has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

GermanRussianArmenian

Germanwhere Pence comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Marathi

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Sibling ideas

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