Penns 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Penns Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Penns family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 2
Living On Own Means 1
Professor 1
Student 1
Civil Engineer 1
Provison Dealer 1
Iron Ore Miner 1
Stockman On Farm 1
Hospital Nurse Sick 1
Cook Domestic 1
House Keeper Domestic 1
Blacksmith 1
Farmers Son 1
Steam Thrasting Machine Owner & Worker 1
Major H R N R Regt. Army Off 1
Wheelwright & Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Penns

Name Census Frequency
Mary Penns 21
John Penns 9
William Penns 9
Thomas Penns 8
James Penns 7
Sarah Penns 7
Annie Penns 5
Charles Penns 5
Edward Penns 5
Hannah Penns 5
Ann Penns 4
George Penns 4
Elizabeth Penns 3
Ellen Penns 3
Jane Penns 3
Julia Penns 3
Martha Penns 3
Robert Penns 3
Benjamin Penns 2
Caroline Penns 2
Cynthia Penns 2
Edith Penns 2
Henry Penns 2
Maria Penns 2
Susan Penns 2

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