Pennings Surname

86,455th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,571 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pennings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pennings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,7921:4,453436
United States7721:469,50639,946
Canada2761:133,49913,853
Australia2061:131,04714,245
Germany1701:473,56241,271
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Belgium751:153,28921,368
England661:844,21344,691
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Sweden191:518,25037,550
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
France61:11,070,454349,096
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Wales41:773,63329,106
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:641,45731,575
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Pennings Last Name Facts

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

Pennings is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pennings? popularity and diffusion

Pennings is the 86,455th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,308,122 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Pennings live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pennings is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 3,792 people, or 1 in 4,453. In The Netherlands Pennings is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 51 percent live, South Holland, where 13 percent live and Gelderland, where 11 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Pennings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pennings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pennings surname grew 3,357 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 174 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pennings Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Pennings last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pennings last name are 37.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.94% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pennings earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.47% less than the national average, earning R 105,816 per year; in United States they earn 12.24% more than the national average, earning $48,430 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.92% more than the national average, earning $55,107 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfennings94488/
Penning937,380/
Pfenning882,081/
Penninks8861/
Penningh8843/
Penningt889/
Pienning882/
Pennning881/
Peenning881/
Pinnings880/
Pennincks8213/
Penninchs823/
Pfeenning821/
Penninx80349/
Pinning80240/
Pennink80149/
Penneng800/
Penningová781/
Penninck75831/
Penninkx7577/
Pennincx7516/
Pennueng751/
Penninke751/
Penneung751/
Pennyong751/
Pfinning750/
Penninckx71714/
Pnging7129/
Pennynck637/
Pnyng623/
P'Neng571/
P'Nueng531/

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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
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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 Pennings
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