Penn Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 33
Buckinghamshire 80
Berkshire 44
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 44
Cornwall 9
Cumberland 46
Derbyshire 34
Devon 13
Dorset 18
Durham 35
Essex 187
Gloucestershire 46
Hampshire 119
Herefordshire 13
Hertfordshire 50
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 130
Lancashire 127
Leicestershire 47
Lincolnshire 29
London 733
Middlesex 238
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 44
Northamptonshire 213
Nottinghamshire 56
Oxfordshire 77
Rutland 0
Shropshire 23
Suffolk 6
Somerset 12
Surrey 160
Sussex 135
Staffordshire 280
Warwickshire 293
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 41
Worcestershire 207
Yorkshire 153

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 8
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 55
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 62
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Penn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Penn family

Profession Census Frequency
School 430
Private Means 33
General Labourer 24
Clerk 23
General Servant (domestic) 23
Labourer 21
Farm Labourer 20
Coal Miner Hewer 18
Carpenter 14
House Painter 14
Scholar 14
At Home 13
Dressmaker 13
Farmer 13
Domestic Servant 12
Old Age Pensioner 11
Bricklayer 10
Carman 10
None 10
Assisting In Business 9
Dress Maker 9
Coal Miner (hewer) 9
General Servant Domestic 8
Housemaid (domestic) 8
Chain Maker 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Penn

Name Census Frequency
William Penn 1,513
Mary Penn 1,139
John Penn 1,013
Elizabeth Penn 796
Thomas Penn 723
Sarah Penn 628
James Penn 609
George Penn 576
Charles Penn 486
Ann Penn 391
Joseph Penn 388
Henry Penn 350
Eliza Penn 305
Jane Penn 290
Frederick Penn 275
Annie Penn 260
Emma Penn 260
Ellen Penn 252
Alice Penn 231
Alfred Penn 221
Arthur Penn 219
Edward Penn 215
Robert Penn 212
Emily Penn 192
Hannah Penn 191

Penn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Penn 100% 19,616
2 Pinn 75% 3,697
3 Penna 80% 1,206
4 Pinion 50% 926
5 Peen 75% 666
6 Pen 75% 462
7 Pann 75% 443
8 Penno 80% 298
9 Pennie 67% 237
10 Punn 75% 181
11 Penin 80% 123
12 Penne 80% 100

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The surname Penn is the most popular version of all its varients

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