Pennyman Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Pennyman Surname Definition:

Prob. = Penny’s Man (-Servant): v. Penny.

Pennyman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3321:1,091,74479,205
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:697,48245,119

Pennyman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Prob. = Penny’s Man (-Servant): v. Penny.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

PENNYMAN: In old English and Scottish, penny was an indefinite designation of money, without respect to its value. See Jamieson. In the North, penny-master was the treasurer of a town, society, or corporate body, and there are similar expressions in other languages; for instance, in Belgium, a treasurer or receiver is known as penning-maester. Now master and man, though antithetical in one sense, are convertible terms in another, and I am of opinion that Peuny-man and Penny-master have one and the same meaning. At any rate, this appears a more rational origin for the name than that assigned in B.L.G. The family, who seem really to be traced only to the year 1599, are asserted to be of Saxon origin; and the name is said to have been anciently written "Penna-man, signifying the chief head man !" Peniman. H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

PENNYMAN, PENNYMON: (Welsh.) Local. Pen—y—mon, the top of the mountain.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Pennyman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pennyman is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Pennyman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pennyman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 828,895th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pennyman live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Pennyman is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 1,091,744. In The United States Pennyman is mostly found in: Georgia, where 47 percent reside, Ohio, where 17 percent reside and Michigan, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Pennyman exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Bermuda, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Pennyman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pennyman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pennyman last name increased 461 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pennyman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pennyman last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Pennyman earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.01% less than the national average, earning $30,633 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penneyman942/
Penniman88965/
Penneman88465/
Pennymon8895/
Pennemann8249/
Pennimann820/
Poenneman820/
Pennniman820/
Pennethman781/
Pennimon758/
Pinneman753/
Pennemon753/
Pennimam751/
Pneuman6768/

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