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

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

Penshaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Penshaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Manager Undef 1
Master Coach Builder 1
Servant 1
Hawker Wares Small 1
Mill Hand Labourer 1
Coal Miner 1
Office Boy 1
Page Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Penshaw

Name Census Frequency
Mary Penshaw 9
Sarah Penshaw 6
Thomas Penshaw 6
Charles Penshaw 5
Elizabeth Penshaw 5
Joseph Penshaw 5
William Penshaw 5
Jane Penshaw 4
Annie Penshaw 3
George Penshaw 3
James Penshaw 3
Margaret Penshaw 3
Oliver Penshaw 3
Aaron Penshaw 2
Albert Penshaw 2
Alfred Penshaw 2
Alice Penshaw 2
Catherine Penshaw 2
Eliza Penshaw 2
Emma Penshaw 2
Florence Penshaw 2
Frances Penshaw 2
Frederick Penshaw 2
Hannah Penshaw 2
Harry Penshaw 2

Penshaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Openshaw 88% 10,349
2 Penshaw 100% 142

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The surname Penshaw is the 2nd most popular variant of Openshaw.

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