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

Penberthy occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Penberthy.

How Common Is The Last Name Penberthy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 191,635th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,314,027 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Penberthy reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,027 people, or 1 in 352,930. In The United States Penberthy is mostly found in: Missouri, where 26 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.

Penberthy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Penberthy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Penberthy surname expanded 1,070 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 137 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 407 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Penberthy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Penberthy surname are 13.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.81% being registered to vote for the 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Penberthy
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis