Last name: PRENDERGAST
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PRENDERGAST : This last name is indexed 43,357 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PRENDERGAST : Irish (of Welsh origin): habitational name from Prendergast (Pembrokeshire). The placename might contain Welsh prender(w) ‘oak tree’ + gast ‘bitch’ hence ‘oak tree frequented by dogs’ but this is far from certain.
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