Pen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Pen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Domestic Servant 3
Ship Wrights Apprentice 2
Bricklayer 1
Cook Domestic 1
Labourer At Oil Works 1
Ship Wright 1
Wood Carver& Glass China ? 1
Traveller 1
Blacksmith 1
Labourer 1
Brick Layer 1
Errand Boy 1
Seamstress 1
Pearl Worker 1
Wood Cutter 1

Pen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Paine 40% 29,437
2 Pain 50% 24,714
3 Penn 75% 19,616
4 Pine 50% 6,735
5 Pane 50% 3,382
6 Pan 67% 772
7 Peen 75% 666
8 Pen 100% 462
9 Open 75% 308
10 Pean 75% 233
11 Peane 60% 220
12 Pone 50% 153
13 Peene 60% 148
14 Pin 67% 148
15 Poune 40% 109

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The surname Pen is the 8th most popular variant of Paine.

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