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 4
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 317
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 91
Derbyshire 28
Devon 167
Dorset 3
Durham 59
Essex 57
Gloucestershire 31
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 19
Lancashire 3,193
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 38
London 242
Middlesex 29
Northumberland 13
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 39
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 3
Somerset 15
Surrey 48
Sussex 37
Staffordshire 170
Warwickshire 16
Westmorland 57
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 46
Yorkshire 383

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 17
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 10
Glamorgan 40
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Pennington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pennington family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 56
General Labourer 52
Living On Own Means 52
Farmer 51
Dress Maker 34
Coal Miner Hewer 34
General Servant Domestic 32
Cotton Spinner 25
Scholar 19
School 18
Blacksmith 18
Cotton Winder 17
Domestic Servant 16
Charwoman 14
Dressmaker 14
House Keeper 14
Coal Hewer 14
Coal Miner Heaver 14
Coal Miner 13
Cook Domestic 11
House Keeper Domestic 11
Railway Porter 11
Bricklayer 10
Grocer 10
Housemaid Domestic 10

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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