Pennefather Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Pennefather Surname Definition:
PENYFADYR: Johannes Penyfadyr, a charter witness at Yester, 1374 (Yester, p. 26). Defined of old as a niggard, a miser. 'The idea presumably was that the miser "fathered" or treasured every penny,' or as Congrave, the author of the famous French-English Dictionary says,
'The liberall doth spend his pelfe,
The pennyfather wastes himself.
Pennefather Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 171 | 1:157,870 | 16,525 |
| South Africa | 142 | 1:381,533 | 34,124 |
| Canada | 83 | 1:443,923 | 38,562 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| New Zealand | 68 | 1:66,593 | 10,133 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 42 | 1:105,473 | 6,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Pennefather Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
PENYFADYR: Johannes Penyfadyr, a charter witness at Yester, 1374 (Yester, p. 26). Defined of old as a niggard, a miser. 'The idea presumably was that the miser "fathered" or treasured every penny,' or as Congrave, the author of the famous French-English Dictionary says,
'The liberall doth spend his pelfe,
The pennyfather wastes himself.'
V. Pennifather.
A pound or pen for sheep and cattle, sometimes called a pin-fold or pound-fold-a manorial prison for trespassing animals. Atte Punfald. H.R.
A term of reproach applied to a miser or penurious person. Nash speaks of —
(U.S. Penefather.) These names may be from the W. penffetter, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate. Hearne however derives the name of a street called Penny-farthing Street from a wealthy family whose name of Penyvadir or Penyfadir he had met with in old registers; and, if so, these names may be derived from locality; perhaps from W. pen-y-ffed-tir, the head of the outward land; or pen-y-mad-dir, the head of the good land. Lower says the forms of the name Pennyfather in H.R. are Penifader and Penifadir. He gives also a Barnfather and a Bairnsfather, which however he derives from a different source. There is the U.S. name Pennymaker.
(English), Penny-father, or penurious person.
Penfold or Pennifold is an old Sussex name. Stephen Penfold was twice mayor of Chichester in the reign of Charles II. (H. C.), and the name is still in the town; at that time the Penfolds held large estates in the parish of Angmering (D.): Hugh Penfold owned the Cissbury estate, Findon, in 1794 (L. S.).
Pennefather Demographics
Average Pennefather Salary in
United States
$70,084 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pennefather Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pennefather Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pennefather is found most frequently in Australia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pennefather? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 487,899th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,716,979 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 35 percent of Pennefather reside; 35 percent reside in Australasia and 35 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name is most common in Australia, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 157,870. In Australia Pennefather is most common in: New South Wales, where 46 percent are found, Western Australia, where 17 percent are found and Victoria, where 16 percent are found. Barring Australia Pennefather exists in 16 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 12 percent are found.
Pennefather Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pennefather has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pennefather last name increased 546 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 162 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 31 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pennefather Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Pennefather last name is predominantly Anglican (81%) in Ireland.
In The United States Pennefather are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pennefather earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 13.15% less than the national average, earning R 206,400 per year; in United States they earn 62.42% more than the national average, earning $70,084 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.73% more than the national average, earning $56,503 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennefeather | 96 | 29 | / |
| Penneyfeather | 92 | 1 | / |
| Penniefeather | 92 | 0 | / |
| Pennyfather | 91 | 89 | / |
| Pennafather | 91 | 4 | / |
| Pennifather | 91 | 0 | / |
| Pennefether | 91 | 0 | / |
| Pennyfeather | 87 | 255 | / |
| Pinnefeather | 87 | 0 | / |
| Pinnafether | 73 | 0 | / |
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Pennefather Reference & Research
Penfold One-name Study - A profile of the Penfold surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
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