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Penkivil Surname Definition:

"The manor or barton of Penkevil St. Michael, co. Cornwall, belonged, in the reign of Edward I., to the family of De Wen, from whom Hals supposes it to have passed in marriage to the Penkevils; it is, however, quite as probable that the property remained in the same family, they assuming a new name from the place of their abode.

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Penkivil Surname Distribution Map

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Penkivil Surname Meaning

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"The manor or barton of Penkevil St. Michael, co. Cornwall, belonged, in the reign of Edward I., to the family of De Wen, from whom Hals supposes it to have passed in marriage to the Penkevils; it is, however, quite as probable that the property remained in the same family, they assuming a new name from the place of their abode. They flourished, says Hals, in genteel degree, till the reign of Queen Elizabeth." D. Gilbert's Cornwall, iii. 214.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

PENKEVIL, PENKTVTL, PINKERVIEL, PENCAVE: L. From the manor or barton of Penkevil St. Michael, in Powdre hundred, where the family flourished till the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The local name is derived from pen-kevil, the horse's head.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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