Penrose Surname

59,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Penrose Surname Definition:

(Celtic) belonging to Penrose or Penrhos = the Head of the Moor or Heath [Welsh and Cornish pen, a head, top + Welsh rhos-Corn, ros, a moor, heath] There is a Penrose in Monmouth; and also one in Cornwall.

Penrose Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9801:91,07010,232
England1,9841:28,0843,803
Australia1,1981:22,5343,103
Canada4211:87,5199,686
New Zealand2161:20,9643,677
Ireland1861:25,3172,398
South Africa1201:451,48138,064
Scotland1121:47,8024,201
Wales721:42,9804,139
Papua New Guinea521:156,80221,647
Northern Ireland341:54,2664,423
Jamaica311:92,5794,005
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Isle of Man111:7,8021,618
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
France91:7,380,302306,885
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
China51:273,464,31313,838
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1251:35,4393,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1101:21,9603,103
Wales341:46,1302,397
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9191:54,6456,135

Penrose (317) may also be a first name.

Penrose Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) belonging to Penrose or Penrhos = the Head of the Moor or Heath [Welsh and Cornish pen, a head, top + Welsh rhos-Corn, ros, a moor, heath] There is a Penrose in Monmouth; and also one in Cornwall.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who lived at the head, or upper end, of the heath.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A hamlet near the Land's End in Cornwall, possessed by the family in the XV. century, and doubtless much earlier. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Penrose, the name of places in Blisland, Luxulion, and Sithney; from pen-rose, the head of the valley; according to Gilbert, the hill of the heath (pen-ros). Hence, by corruption, the names Perose and Bemrose.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Cornwall.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

One of the most ancient families of the name of Penrose resided at Penrose, Sithney, in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries; members of this family were sheriffs of the county in the 16th century (G.). There was a gentleman of the name at Lefeock in the reign of Charles II. (G.) There are other places and other distinct families of the name in the county.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Penrose Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penrose is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Penrose? popularity and diffusion

Penrose is the 59,426th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 858,166 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Penrose are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 493,198th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 317 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,980 people, or 1 in 91,070. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 15 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found and Missouri, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States it is found in 35 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Penrose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Penrose has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Penrose last name increased 433 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 179 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 149 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,867 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 212 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Penrose Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States Penrose are 11.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.68% registered with the political party.

The amount Penrose earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.21% less than the national average, earning R 237,132 per year; in United States they earn 3.65% more than the national average, earning $44,722 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.73% more than the national average, earning $54,020 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pennrose930/
Penros9263/
Penrosa8640/
Penrros8612/
Penroze867/
Pemrose865/
Penross863/
Pinrose861/
Penrase860/
Penrrase801/
Penroz77742/
Penrroz71264/
Penrouz713/
Penrage712/
Pimrose712/
Penrasoi671/
Pimros627/
Pinras626/
Pemroz621/
Pinrasi574/

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