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 2
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 365
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 99
Derbyshire 11
Devon 181
Dorset 2
Durham 110
Essex 66
Gloucestershire 41
Hampshire 45
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 19
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 15
Lancashire 3,833
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 49
London 217
Middlesex 57
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 42
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 15
Suffolk 2
Somerset 9
Surrey 77
Sussex 47
Staffordshire 199
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 40
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 37
Yorkshire 488

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 14
Denbighshire 18
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 85
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 17
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Pennington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pennington family

Profession Census Frequency
School 563
Coal Miner Hewer 72
Farmer 41
At School 35
Labourer 35
General Labourer 34
Scholar 32
Weaver 32
Private Means 31
General Servant (domestic) 27
Dressmaker 27
None 26
Cotton Weaver 25
Clerk 21
At Home 20
Joiner 19
Charwoman 18
House Keeper 18
Bricklayer 18
Carter 17
Coal Miner (hewer) 16
School Girl 16
Farm Labourer 15
Railway Clerk 13
Assisting In Business 13

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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