Penneck Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Penneck Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pinnock,' two parishes in Cornwall and Gloucestershire.

William Pinnoc, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Pinnock, Wiltshire, ibid.

Roger Pynnock, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Penneck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:5,065,278148,650
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Penneck Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pinnock,' two parishes in Cornwall and Gloucestershire.

William Pinnoc, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Pinnock, Wiltshire, ibid.

Roger Pynnock, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A Cornish name and family. Local: place unknown.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Parishes in cos. Cornwall and Gloucester. There was a Cornish saint of this designation, who gave name to the parish of St. Pinnock. In the South of England, the little timber frameworks at the ends of an arch or drain are called ' pinnocks.' Pinnoe, Pinoc, Pinch, &c. H.R. See English Surn. i. 80.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the parish of the same name. Pryce gives "Pennick, Penneck, Penek, ack, ock, ok, the head creek, brook, rivulet, or place; Penok, head oak, nom. fam." A more reasonable derivation would be from pen-ick, the head place. Penneck, Pennick, Pennock, Pinnick, Pennerkes, may be the same name, or of the same origin.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Penneck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penneck is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Penneck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Penneck is the 3,485,539th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 41 percent of Penneck are found; 38 percent are found in Northern Europe and 38 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Berkshire, where 36 percent are found, Devon, where 36 percent are found and Surrey, where 18 percent are found. Apart from England Penneck is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 28 percent are found.

Penneck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Penneck has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Penneck surname rose 157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 10 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Penneck Last Name Statistics demography

Penneck earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.19% more than the national average, earning $54,450 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pennecke9352/
Pennec922,314/
Pennick861,278/
Penneke8627/
Pinneck862/
Penneuc861/
Piennek861/
Pinnecke80181/
Pennicke8016/
Pennicks8012/
Pennickx801/
Pennic7718/
Pennex7717/
Pinnek777/
Pinnec772/
Pennik771/
Penneg770/
Pnek731/
Pinnick712,036/
Pinneke71126/
Pengnik7114/
Pinnyck711/
Pinnekk711/
Pennike710/
Pennieg710/
Pnick6733/
Pinnicks6728/
Penneigh674/
Ppnek671/
Phnek671/

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