Pennick Surname

298,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Pennick 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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Pennick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8021:451,94438,701
England4091:136,23013,344
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England931:262,10118,696
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:418,48930,805

Pennick 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

(Celtic)Big Head [Breton pennek— pen(n, a head + the possess. suff. -ek] Cp. Pinnock.

Pennek: Têtu, qui a une grosse tête. Au figuré, entêté, opiniâtre, obstiné Pennek est un nom de famille assez commun en Bretagne. On dit aussi, par antonomase, simplement penn, qui, au propre, signifie tête.—Le Gonidec, Dict. Breton-Franç., p. 480.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

Pennick Last Name Facts

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

Pennick is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pennick? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 298,032nd most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,702,305 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Pennick are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 802 people, or 1 in 451,944. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 32 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 1 percent are found.

Pennick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pennick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pennick surname increased 668 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 440 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pennick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pennick last name are 2.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.2% registered with the party.

The amount Pennick earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 440.28% more than the national average, earning R 1,283,900 per year; in United States they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning $41,928 USD per year and in Canada they earn 96.58% more than the national average, earning $97,669 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pennicke9316/
Pennicks9312/
Pennickx931/
Pennic9218/
Pennik921/
Pinnick862,036/
Penneck8632/
Pengnik8614/
Pennike860/
Pnick8333/
Pennecke8052/
Pinnicks8028/
Pennec772,314/
Pennix77902/
Pennig77189/
Pinnik774/
Pynnik773/
Pinnic771/
Pennikova7514/
Pnik731/
Pnic731/
Pfennig715,401/
Penneke7127/
Pennigh714/
Pinnike713/
Pinneck712/
Penneuc711/
Pinniks711/
Pinnyck711/
Piennek711/
Pennieg710/
Pennigs710/
Pniok67529/
Pinnecke67181/
Pfennigs67176/
Penneigh674/
Pniks672/
Pnidc671/
Pehenics671/
Pfeennig671/
Pnaik671/

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