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Penlee Surname Definition:
PENLEE: From pen-le, the head of the place. Pryce renders it the head or point of land projecting. Penley would seem to be the same name.
Penlee Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
PENLEE: From pen-le, the head of the place. Pryce renders it the head or point of land projecting. Penley would seem to be the same name.
— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Penlee: that sounds like a combination of Welsh and Saxon, is no such thing; it comes from Penly, between Tréport and Dieppe.
— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penle | 91 | 12 | / |
| Penley | 83 | 3,503 | / |
| Penlae | 83 | 75 | / |
| Penler | 83 | 41 | / |
| Pienle | 83 | 22 | / |
| Penles | 83 | 7 | / |
| Pennle | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pnlhee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Penlue | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pennley | 77 | 6 | / |
| Penleus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfenler | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pennler | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penless | 77 | 0 | / |
| Penly | 73 | 121 | / |
| Penla | 73 | 30 | / |
| Penli | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pinle | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pennelle | 71 | 117 | / |
| Pinley | 67 | 117 | / |
| Penlou | 67 | 74 | / |
| Pemler | 67 | 60 | / |
| Pinlet | 67 | 57 | / |
| Puinle | 67 | 29 | / |
| Penlau | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pimlee | 67 | 17 | / |
| Penlly | 67 | 12 | / |
| Paenli | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pinler | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pennly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pemley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinlle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penlai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pemlea | 67 | 0 | / |
| Penlis | 67 | 0 | / |
| Penlay | 67 | 0 | / |
| Penlla | 67 | 0 | / |
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