Penberthy Surname

191,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Penberthy Surname Definition:

From Penberthy; from pen-berth, -verth, the green top. Pryce renders "berthy, to bear, to carry; Treberthes in Veryan, the bearing or fruitful place."

Penberthy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0271:352,93031,609
England4361:127,79412,731
Australia3251:83,0649,628
South Africa1401:386,98434,477
New Zealand1171:38,7046,577
Wales611:50,7304,716
Canada571:646,41452,764
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
France21:33,211,361423,184
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3191:76,4128,322
Wales151:104,5614,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States961:523,11136,402

Penberthy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Penberthy; from pen-berth, -verth, the green top. Pryce renders "berthy, to bear, to carry; Treberthes in Veryan, the bearing or fruitful place."

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Penberthy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Penberthy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Penberthy occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penberthy? popularity and diffusion

Penberthy is the 191,635th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,314,027 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Penberthy are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,027 people, or 1 in 352,930. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Missouri, where 26 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.

Penberthy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Penberthy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,070 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 137 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 407 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Penberthy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Penberthy surname are 13.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.81% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Penberthy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.99% more than the national average, earning R 475,260 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.33% less than the national average, earning $20,130,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.33% more than the national average, earning $48,470 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.31% less than the national average, earning $49,030 CAD per year.

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