Penny Forename
4,324th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 242,802 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa
Penny Forename Definition:
The diminutive of Penelope. So named is the adorable heroine of Denis Mackail’s delightful novel Chelbury Abbey. Cf. Pen.
Penny Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 167,041 | 1:2,170 | 414 |
| England | 100% | 19,749 | 1:2,815 | 402 |
| Canada | 100% | 18,410 | 1:1,800 | 382 |
| Australia | - | 11,761 | 1:1,161 | 242 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,700 | 1:965 | 225 |
| South Africa | 83% | 2,815 | 1:19,372 | 2,722 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81% | 2,790 | 1:2,922 | 323 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 2,429 | 1:106,202 | 11,800 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 1,678 | 1:18,147 | 1,855 |
| China | - | 1,512 | 1:903,476 | 33,191 |
| Philippines | 82% | 1,503 | 1:70,532 | 4,488 |
| Scotland | 100% | 703 | 1:7,611 | 605 |
| Greece | 100% | 642 | 1:17,032 | 895 |
| Wales | 100% | 601 | 1:5,149 | 605 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 560 | 1:30,182 | 2,491 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Hong Kong | - | 285 | 1:27,203 | 2,337 |
| Zimbabwe | 58% | 276 | 1:55,883 | 4,704 |
| Ireland | 98% | 271 | 1:17,135 | 935 |
| Singapore | 100% | 258 | 1:24,368 | 4,247 |
| Poland | 79% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| India | 79% | 233 | 1:5,214,069 | 196,571 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Kenya | - | 212 | 1:218,430 | 8,570 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Nigeria | 70% | 155 | 1:1,145,577 | 27,765 |
| Bahamas | - | 143 | 1:2,793 | 555 |
| Thailand | 100% | 134 | 1:522,879 | 24,446 |
| France | 100% | 124 | 1:536,051 | 5,574 |
| Germany | 80% | 117 | 1:826,307 | 7,046 |
| Botswana | 67% | 111 | 1:19,680 | 2,396 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Uganda | 98% | 102 | 1:401,538 | 10,251 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Qatar | 100% | 72 | 1:32,911 | 4,385 |
| Guernsey | - | 68 | 1:931 | 201 |
| Namibia | - | 64 | 1:37,565 | 2,636 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 63 | 1:377,297 | 24,619 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 63 | 1:113,524 | 8,663 |
| Sweden | 98% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Bermuda | - | 60 | 1:1,080 | 237 |
| Belgium | 100% | 57 | 1:201,580 | 4,925 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 52 | 1:35,445 | 1,123 |
| Liberia | 90% | 50 | 1:88,241 | 3,952 |
| Mexico | 100% | 50 | 1:2,482,889 | 13,443 |
| Switzerland | 95% | 50 | 1:164,270 | 4,176 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 44 | 1:30,941 | 3,244 |
| Jersey | 100% | 42 | 1:2,380 | 401 |
| Russia | 57% | 42 | 1:3,434,136 | 19,138 |
| Guyana | 100% | 41 | 1:18,616 | 2,362 |
| Denmark | - | 33 | 1:171,197 | 4,043 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 32 | 1:943,809 | 20,727 |
| Italy | 87% | 31 | 1:1,969,745 | 13,753 |
| Israel | - | 30 | 1:280,097 | 7,331 |
| Norway | 100% | 29 | 1:176,977 | 4,635 |
| Spain | - | 29 | 1:1,604,482 | 10,609 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Zambia | - | 26 | 1:609,800 | 12,796 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 24 | 1:147,929 | 2,248 |
| Peru | 100% | 23 | 1:1,382,237 | 16,311 |
| Honduras | 100% | 22 | 1:400,794 | 6,774 |
| Japan | - | 21 | 1:6,094,574 | 29,475 |
| Brazil | - | 20 | 1:10,711,808 | 129,249 |
| Panama | 100% | 19 | 1:205,608 | 7,846 |
| Afghanistan | 86% | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 18 | 1:3,406 | 692 |
| Marshall Islands | 54% | 16 | 1:3,202 | 474 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:38,730 | 2,561 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| Oman | - | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Belize | 100% | 12 | 1:29,526 | 2,824 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Chile | 56% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Colombia | - | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Tanzania | - | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Argentina | - | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Czechia | 66% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Finland | 71% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Grenada | - | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Penny (34,716) may also be a surname.
Penny Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The diminutive of Penelope. So named is the adorable heroine of Denis Mackail’s delightful novel Chelbury Abbey. Cf. Pen.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Penny Forename Popularity
Penny Demographics
Penny Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 36,831 (2014)
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