Pennington 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 213
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 52
Derbyshire 23
Devon 129
Dorset 4
Durham 35
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 19
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 9
Lancashire 1,961
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 48
London 250
Middlesex 33
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 36
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 10
Suffolk 5
Somerset 4
Surrey 23
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 113
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 48
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 293

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 3
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Pennington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pennington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 625
Coal Miner 43
Labourer 41
Cotton Weaver 39
Domestic Servant 36
House Keeper 32
Agricultural Labourer 26
Cotton Operative 23
Dress Maker 22
General Servant 22
Servant 19
Collier 18
Farm Servant 16
Joiner 16
Laundress 15
Farmers Son 15
Blacksmith 15
Farm Labourer 14
Annuitant 13
Brick Layer 12
Cotton Spinner 12
Nail Maker 12
Shoe Maker 12
Painter 11
Carter 11

Most Frequent Forenames for Pennington

Name Census Frequency
Mary Pennington 2,419
John Pennington 2,154
William Pennington 1,813
Thomas Pennington 1,456
Elizabeth Pennington 1,369
James Pennington 1,268
Sarah Pennington 1,055
Ann Pennington 772
Jane Pennington 743
George Pennington 717
Margaret Pennington 686
Joseph Pennington 671
Alice Pennington 599
Henry Pennington 543
Ellen Pennington 509
Annie Pennington 469
Richard Pennington 415
Charles Pennington 391
Martha Pennington 381
Samuel Pennington 347
Edward Pennington 344
Robert Pennington 334
Hannah Pennington 299
Eliza Pennington 270
Emma Pennington 260

Pennington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pennington 100% 30,003
2 Pinnington 90% 5,083
3 Penington 90% 1,291
4 Pannington 90% 155

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

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