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 4
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 215
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 20
Derbyshire 12
Devon 152
Dorset 2
Durham 44
Essex 17
Gloucestershire 30
Hampshire 25
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 13
Lancashire 2,179
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 31
London 189
Middlesex 27
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 26
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 4
Somerset 4
Surrey 16
Sussex 23
Staffordshire 108
Warwickshire 16
Westmorland 69
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 12
Yorkshire 358

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Pennington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pennington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 595
Coal Miner 107
General Labourer 41
Cotton Weaver 37
Farmer 31
Domestic Servant 29
Living On Own Means 26
Labourer 22
Living On Her Own Means 21
Blacksmith 20
General Servant Domestic 20
Farmers Son 19
General Servant 19
Cotton Spinner 18
Farm Labourer 16
Dress Maker 16
Agricultural Labourer 14
Clerk 14
Laundress 14
Joiner 13
Tailoress 13
Charwoman 12
House Keeper 12
Plumber 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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