Glendenning

English

Alternative forms

• Clendenning, Glendening

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Dumfries, Scotland, perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gleann (“mountain valley, glen”) + dùn (“fortress”) + fionn (“white”).

Proper noun

Glendenning (plural Glendennings)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Glendenning is the 20770^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1272 individuals. Glendenning is most common among White (94.03%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Glendenning”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52.