![]() John Pemberton (1831–1888), of Georgia, the inventor in 1886 of the carbonated soft drink Coca-Cola. | |
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Region of origin | Pemberton, old Lancashire, England |
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Variant form(s) | numerous |
Pemberton is an English, Anglo Saxon surname first found in Pemberton, Greater Manchester, a residential area of Wigan, historically a part of Lancashire. It is common in the United Kingdom, and in places with an English diaspora such as Australia and the United States.
Etymologically, it consists of the elements Pen, Brythonic for hill or head, ber Anglo-Saxon for barley, and ton Anglo-Saxon for an enclosure or field; thus "Barley field on the hill". [1]