Pardon is used as a family name or surname in Belgium. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pardon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Belgium
Meaning: Name widespread enough in the Lyon region and in Burgundy. Diminutives: Pardonneau, Pardonnet. Flemish forms Pardoen, Pardoens. May designate one who went on a pilgrimage or a crusade (one of forgiveness meaning in the Middle Ages), but there are other possibilities: one that comes from a place called (the) Pardon (eg The Forgiveness in Avenas in the Rhône), or a deformation Pardoux (there are many localities in Saint-Pardon Charente and Aquitaine).

How popular is Pardon?

Pardon is common in Belgium.

Pardon is ranked 78801 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pardons grew by 25.67703 per cent to 1253 since 2000 and ranked 20996 after elevating 2702 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.01 82.55
Hispanic or Latino 11.97 8.43
Black 5.59 5.22
Others 1.76 2.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.28 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0
Pardon is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Belgium is ahead in terms of density. Around 5589 people have been found who wears Pardon as their family name. Pardon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
6,989 Uganda3
119,730 Brazil3
14,054 China3
5,217 Zambia2
14,621 Croatia2
35,969 Denmark2
19,093 Finland2
1,143 French Polynesia2
18,625 Japan2
26,123 Malaysia2
14,644 Tunisia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
58,885 Poland1
38,830 Morocco1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
38,841 Scotland1
18,969 Wales1
2,078 Lesotho1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,701 Canada46
28,564 Switzerland36
36,533 Zimbabwe32
344,912 India28
242,284 Indonesia26
20,041 New Zealand24
11,685 Singapore24
42,407 Sweden22
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Pardon:
30,052 United States987
10,744 Tanzania438
23,918 Germany437
18,573 England290
14,279 Australia189
30,064 South Africa183
10,604 Peru157
18,629 Netherlands146
Countries with thousands of Pardon:
7,286 France1,200
1,298 Belgium1,136
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Pardon was 20 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on June 9, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Niagara from Liverpool. Farmer Michael Pardon, 11 years old Ann Pardon, Anty. Pardon (30) Immigrant, Spinster Cathr. Pardon, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Journeyman G. Pardon from Unknown, Italy aboard the La Bretagne from Havre. He is registered to be 19 years old when he arrived in New York on June 13, 1892. Laborer E. Pardon, Laborer Giovanni Pardon, are other Pardon that migrated to US from Aspinwall, Panama and Havre.

Comments

C
Catarina Vankeuren
Forgiveness was in former french several meanings: crusade, tournaments; angelus announced three sounds of bells, so called because of indulgences and pardons were granted by the pope as the village name (Puy-de-Dome).

Pardon Namesakes

  • George Frederick Pardon, Journalist
  • Jorge Pardon, Soccer player
  • George Frederick Pardon, Journalist
  • Rickey Pardon, Actor

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