Penley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
London 9
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 5
Somerset 4
Yorkshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Penley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Penley family

Profession Census Frequency
Cloth Worker 4
Independent 4
Shop Keeper 1
Independant 1
P None 1
Porter 1
Ag Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Pauper 1
Miner 1
Proprietor 1
Superintendant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Penley

Name Census Frequency
William Penley 28
Mary Penley 23
John Penley 14
George Penley 10
Caroline Penley 9
Charles Penley 9
Elizabeth Penley 9
Henry Penley 9
James Penley 9
Julia Penley 9
Emma Penley 8
Lionel Penley 6
Louisa Penley 6
Reginald Penley 6
Ann Penley 5
Blanche Penley 5
Rose Penley 5
Sarah Penley 5
Susan Penley 5
Edwin Penley 4
Eliza Penley 4
Francis Penley 4
Thomas Penley 4
Walter Penley 4
Warwick Penley 4

Penley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Panley 83% 390
2 Penley 100% 375
3 Pinley 83% 125

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The surname Penley is the 2nd most popular variant of Panley.

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