Penly Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Honduras

Penly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Honduras401:220,4112,340
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
England101:5,571,806158,774
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:497,21535,030

Penly (84) may also be a first name.

Penly Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penly is most common in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Penly click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penly? popularity and diffusion

Penly is the 1,649,806th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Penly reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 84 people.

The last name Penly is most common in The United States, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 7,107,038. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 16 percent live, Florida, where 14 percent live and Georgia, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Honduras, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live.

Penly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Penly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Penly surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 52 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Penly Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Penly surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Penly earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.41% more than the national average, earning $65,763 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penley913,503/
Penlly9112/
Pennly911/
Penlay910/
Pnly891/
Pennley836/
Penla8030/
Pinly8021/
Penle8012/
Penli8010/
Pennelly7723/
Pinley73117/
Penler7341/
Pienle7322/
Pinlay7318/
Paenli7311/
Penles737/
Pennle736/
Penlai731/
Pemley731/
Pinloy731/
Penlis730/
Penlla730/
Penlee730/
Puinley6728/
Puinlay6710/
Bppnloy671/
Penglilley671/
Pennler671/
Pfenler671/
Penless670/
Penllia670/

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Penly Reference & Research

PENLEY and Variants FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • 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 Penly
  • 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