Penn Surname
Approximately 42,448 people bear this surname
Penn Surname Definition:
(English) 1 Dweller at a Pen or, Fold [Old English penn] Adam de la Penne.—Hundred Rolls The Staffs Penn is Penne in Domesday Book.(occasionally) 2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Penn(a. (Celtic) Dweller at a Head or Height [Welsh pen] The Bucks Penn, Penna in the 13th century, is on an eminence from which views of many counties can be obtained.
Read More About This SurnamePenn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,968 | 1:13,958 | 1,735 |
| England | 5,452 | 1:10,220 | 1,507 |
| Cameroon | 3,584 | 1:5,795 | 705 |
| Australia | 1,055 | 1:25,588 | 3,483 |
| British Virgin Islands | 722 | 1:44 | 4 |
| Germany | 717 | 1:112,281 | 13,831 |
| South Africa | 696 | 1:77,842 | 9,659 |
| France | 608 | 1:109,248 | 16,273 |
| Canada | 479 | 1:76,922 | 8,646 |
| New Zealand | 423 | 1:10,705 | 1,868 |
| Dominican Republic | 401 | 1:26,017 | 1,610 |
| Austria | 277 | 1:30,742 | 4,948 |
| Bahamas | 231 | 1:1,696 | 282 |
| Wales | 223 | 1:13,877 | 1,523 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 204 | 1:168 | 40 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 202 | 1:546 | 56 |
| Scotland | 182 | 1:29,417 | 3,073 |
| India | 119 | 1:6,445,928 | 147,141 |
| Haiti | 79 | 1:135,239 | 5,953 |
| China | 76 | 1:17,991,073 | 1,021 |
| Nicaragua | 62 | 1:97,114 | 1,862 |
| Spain | 62 | 1:754,065 | 31,946 |
| Jamaica | 45 | 1:63,777 | 3,321 |
| Cambodia | 43 | 1:360,166 | 3,743 |
| Netherlands | 42 | 1:402,076 | 42,431 |
| Russia | 35 | 1:4,117,802 | 198,221 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 1:104,921 | 6,882 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Isle of Man | 9 | 1:9,536 | 2,057 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,288 | 1:10,654 | 1,625 |
| Scotland | 61 | 1:61,364 | 3,851 |
| Wales | 51 | 1:30,753 | 1,694 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,848 | 1:10,359 | 1,354 |
Penn (1,700) may also be a first name.
Penn Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) 1 Dweller at a Pen or, Fold [Old English penn] Adam de la Penne.—Hundred Rolls The Staffs Penn is Penne in Domesday Book.(occasionally) 2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Penn(a. (Celtic) Dweller at a Head or Height [Welsh pen] The Bucks Penn, Penna in the 13th century, is on an eminence from which views of many counties can be obtained. It may therefore be the Welsh pen. From this Penn is derived indirectly the first part of the name of Pennsylvania, called after Penn, the Quaker, whose family- name seems to have been taken from the Bucks parish.
(French) the French Pène (earlier Penne) is (a) a nickname and sign-name from penne (Latin penna] a feather; (P) a local name from Celtic pen(n, a rock, head [Gaul, penn- = Breton pen(n] . . . penn, en gaulois pennos, est un mot gallois et breton, d’origine gauloise, qui veut dire ‘tête et bout.’—d’Arbois de Jubainville, Les Celtes (1904), p. 28.
Larchey mentions (p. 367) a 13th-cent. Albigensian chevalier, Olivier de Penne, who had a feather for his blazon and dated his charters from the Château de Penne (Rock).
See Pincus.
(English) Dweller near a pen or sheepfold; one who came from Penn (enclosure, or hill), the name of places in Buckinghamshire and Staffordshire.
Pen is a Celtic topographical word, signifying "a conical top, generally in a range of hills, as Penchrise-pen, Skelfhill-pen, &c." Jamieson. But there are several parishes, &c., to which this signification does not apply, in the counties of Buckingham and Stafford. The family of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, derived their name, at an early period, from Penn, in the former county.
(Cornish British) The top of a hill; the head.
A location name in Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire.
User-submitted Reference
(English) The surname Pen or Penn derives from the parishes in Buckinghamshire, and Staffordshire.
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Average Male Penn Height
177.09 cm
Average Female Penn Height
163.07 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Penn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penn Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penn (Hindi: पेन्न, Russian: Пенн) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penn? popularity and diffusion
It is the 13,193rd most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 171,682 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Penn are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 186,410th most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 1,700 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 25,968 people, or 1 in 13,958. In The United States Penn is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Maryland, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 112 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Penn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Penn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Penn surname rose 536 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 437 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 298 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 123 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Penn Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Penn last name is principally Catholic (77%) in Ireland.
In The United States Penn are 6.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.66% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Penn earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.59% more than the national average, earning R 303,192 per year; in United States they earn 3.53% less than the national average, earning $41,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.25% more than the national average, earning $51,794 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penne | 89 | 1,925 | / |
| Pienn | 89 | 28 | / |
| Pennt | 89 | 5 | / |
| Poenn | 89 | 5 | / |
| Penng | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pen | 86 | 22,184 | / |
| Pnn | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pengne | 80 | 2 | / |
| Penndh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penntt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pennck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pfenne | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pfenng | 80 | 0 | / |
| Peng | 75 | 8,332,167 | / |
| Pinn | 75 | 2,035 | / |
| Pynn | 75 | 1,868 | / |
| Pien | 75 | 1,576 | / |
| Pent | 75 | 1,150 | / |
| Poen | 75 | 1,011 | / |
| Puen | 75 | 551 | / |
| Peen | 75 | 371 | / |
| Paen | 75 | 371 | / |
| Pend | 75 | 172 | / |
| Peun | 75 | 165 | / |
| Pehn | 75 | 162 | / |
| Pönn | 75 | 27 | / |
| Pemn | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ppen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hpen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ppnn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pesn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnnt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vpnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pennová | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pennova | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pn | 67 | 1,618 | / |
| Pinne | 67 | 563 | / |
| Pengh | 67 | 340 | / |
| Pfeng | 67 | 243 | / |
| Pengő | 67 | 151 | / |
| Pinnt | 67 | 101 | / |
| Pfend | 67 | 95 | / |
| Penck | 67 | 91 | / |
| Pendt | 67 | 76 | / |
| Pfent | 67 | 74 | / |
| Pengg | 67 | 63 | / |
| Peeng | 67 | 43 | / |
| Piehn | 67 | 40 | / |
| Pynne | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pehnk | 67 | 25 | / |
| Puehn | 67 | 22 | / |
| Pentt | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ppeng | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pengc | 67 | 4 | / |
| Poehn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pfien | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puinn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Penqu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pemne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pendd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pendő | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pehnt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinnh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puunn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peehn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pendh | 67 | 0 | / |
Penn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penn in the Hindi language | ||
| पेन्न | penna | 50 |
| पेंण | penna | 50 |
| Penn in the Russian language | ||
| Пенн | penn | - |
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