Penning Surname
Approximately 7,380 people bear this surname
Penning Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,269 | 1:35,481 | 4,692 |
| United States | 2,065 | 1:175,525 | 17,631 |
| Netherlands | 1,404 | 1:12,028 | 1,701 |
| Brazil | 334 | 1:640,941 | 23,744 |
| England | 310 | 1:179,736 | 16,229 |
| South Africa | 216 | 1:250,823 | 25,476 |
| Australia | 208 | 1:129,787 | 14,130 |
| Canada | 123 | 1:299,558 | 27,752 |
| Belgium | 114 | 1:100,848 | 15,329 |
| France | 107 | 1:620,773 | 81,454 |
| New Zealand | 82 | 1:55,223 | 8,747 |
| Luxembourg | 68 | 1:8,537 | 1,349 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 121 | 1:201,449 | 15,997 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 233 | 1:215,531 | 18,426 |
Penning (35) may also be a first name.
Penning Demographics
Average Male Penning Height
179.52 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Penning Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penning Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penning occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Penning? popularity and diffusion
It is the 67,434th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 987,472 people. The surname Penning is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Penning are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Penning is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 35 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 2,269 people, or 1 in 35,481. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 48 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Bavaria, where 10 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 19 percent are found.
Penning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Penning has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Penning last name rose 886 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 256 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Penning Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Penning surname are 25.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Penning earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.68% more than the national average, earning R 474,516 per year; in United States they earn 7.01% more than the national average, earning $46,174 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.76% more than the national average, earning $53,044 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennings | 93 | 5,571 | / |
| Pfenning | 93 | 2,081 | / |
| Penningh | 93 | 43 | / |
| Penningt | 93 | 9 | / |
| Pienning | 93 | 2 | / |
| Pennning | 93 | 1 | / |
| Peenning | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pennin | 92 | 35 | / |
| Pfennings | 88 | 488 | / |
| Pfeenning | 88 | 1 | / |
| Penninx | 86 | 349 | / |
| Pinning | 86 | 240 | / |
| Pennink | 86 | 149 | / |
| Pennina | 86 | 8 | / |
| Pennind | 86 | 5 | / |
| Pengnin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pennion | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pennint | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pfennin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Penneng | 86 | 0 | / |
| Penningová | 82 | 1 | / |
| Penninck | 80 | 831 | / |
| Penninkx | 80 | 77 | / |
| Penninks | 80 | 61 | / |
| Pennincx | 80 | 16 | / |
| Penneung | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penninke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pennueng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pennyong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pfinning | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pinnings | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pinnin | 77 | 153 | / |
| Pnging | 77 | 29 | / |
| Pennen | 77 | 25 | / |
| Pennim | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pennincks | 75 | 13 | / |
| Pnin | 73 | 27 | / |
| Pennuen | 71 | 98 | / |
| Pinnion | 71 | 56 | / |
| Pinnint | 71 | 16 | / |
| Pennent | 71 | 15 | / |
| Pengnim | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pinnina | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pnina | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pennynck | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pnyng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phnin | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Penning
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