Peney Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 10
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Peney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Peney family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Ag Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Hatcher 1
Thatcher 1
Pauper 1
Salesman 1
Female Servant 1
Gilder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Peney

Name Census Frequency
William Peney 11
Sarah Peney 10
Elizabeth Peney 9
Mary Peney 9
John Peney 7
Thomas Peney 6
Edward Peney 5
Henry Peney 5
Charles Peney 4
Emily Peney 4
Jane Peney 4
Eliza Peney 3
Ellen Peney 3
Hannah Peney 3
James Peney 3
Maria Peney 3
Stephen Peney 3
Ann Peney 2
Arthur Peney 2
Emma Peney 2
George Peney 2
Harriet Peney 2
Joseph Peney 2
Susan Peney 2
Ada Peney 1

Peney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Penny 80% 34,856
2 Penney 83% 12,490
3 Pany 60% 652
4 Peny 80% 546
5 Pony 60% 432
6 Poney 80% 289
7 Piney 80% 266
8 Paney 80% 135
9 Peney 100% 135
10 Pouney 67% 106

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The surname Peney is the 9th most popular variant of Penny.

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