Penwell 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 18
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
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 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

Penwell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Penwell family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Apprentice 1
Female Servant 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Penwell

Name Census Frequency
John Penwell 40
William Penwell 36
George Penwell 28
Mary Penwell 26
Elizabeth Penwell 23
Charles Penwell 22
Samuel Penwell 22
Sarah Penwell 19
Thomas Penwell 18
James Penwell 16
Jane Penwell 14
Alice Penwell 13
Joseph Penwell 13
Henry Penwell 12
Ann Penwell 11
Annie Penwell 11
Albert Penwell 8
Ellen Penwell 8
Susan Penwell 8
Edith Penwell 7
Eliza Penwell 7
Emily Penwell 7
Frederick Penwell 7
Emma Penwell 6
Frank Penwell 6

Penwell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Penwill 86% 767
2 Penwell 100% 575
3 Pinwell 86% 302
4 Pinwill 71% 148

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The surname Penwell is the 2nd most popular variant of Penwill.

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