Pennyfeather Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Pennyfeather 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.
Pennyfeather Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:3,419,424 | 193,489 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 69 | 1:800 | 164 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
Pennyfeather 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.'
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.
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.).
Pennyfeather Demographics
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Pennyfeather Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pennyfeather Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pennyfeather occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pennyfeather? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pennyfeather is the 1,001,271st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Pennyfeather live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 3,419,424. In The United States Pennyfeather is most common in: New York, where 39 percent reside, New Jersey, where 12 percent reside and Georgia, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Saint Kitts and Nevis, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 15 percent reside.
Pennyfeather Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pennyfeather has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pennyfeather last name expanded 286 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pennyfeather Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pennyfeather surname are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.62% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pennyfeather earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 36.44% less than the national average, earning $27,424 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.84% more than the national average, earning $57,056 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennyfather | 96 | 89 | / |
| Penneyfeather | 96 | 1 | / |
| Pennefeather | 92 | 29 | / |
| Peinyfeather | 92 | 0 | / |
| Penfeather | 91 | 0 | / |
| Penniefeather | 88 | 0 | / |
| Pennefather | 87 | 680 | / |
| Penafeather | 87 | 11 | / |
| Pennafather | 87 | 4 | / |
| Penefeather | 87 | 1 | / |
| Bennyfather | 87 | 1 | / |
| Pennefether | 87 | 0 | / |
| Pennifather | 87 | 0 | / |
| Pena Feather | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pinnefeather | 83 | 0 | / |
| Penefather | 82 | 1 | / |
| Penafether | 82 | 0 | / |
| Pinfeather | 82 | 0 | / |
| Pinniafeather | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pinafeather | 78 | 0 | / |
| Pinnafether | 78 | 0 | / |
| Pinneyfethar | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bonfeather | 73 | 1 | / |
| Banfather | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bonfather | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bainfather | 64 | 0 | / |
| bin Fetheri | 61 | 1 | / |
| bin Fathir | 55 | 6 | / |
| bin Fathur | 55 | 2 | / |
| bin Fathar | 55 | 1 | / |
| bin Fathra | 55 | 1 | / |
| bin Fathori | 52 | 7 | / |
| bin Fathorra | 50 | 1 | / |
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Pennyfeather 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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