About the Pendergast surname
The modern spelling of Pendergast alone is not enough to establish a certain origin. The canonical form used here is “Pendergast”; phonetic or spelling differences found in indexes should be checked against the other information in the record. Migration, language shifts, and record transcription can alter a surname over successive generations.
Pronunciation:
Pan-dèr-gast/pɑ̃dɛʁɡast/