Pakenham is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pakenham
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pakenham

How popular is Pakenham?

Pakenham is ranked 336427 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pakenhams plummeted by 0.5714286 per cent to 174 since 2000 and slipped by 6701 spots and ranked at 103181. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.98 98.86
Pakenham is a very rare family name, few people in England and Ireland have the last name. Around 846 people have been found who wears Pakenham as their family name. Pakenham have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
219,873 France2
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
5,553 Taiwan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
151,601 Spain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
58,491 Australia32
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
46,826 Zimbabwe22
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with hundreds of Pakenham:
21,369 England242
99,771 United States226
26,200 Canada131
3,646 Ireland104

Pakenham Namesakes

  • Thomas Pakenham, Historian
  • William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford, Politician
  • Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, British Politician
  • Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, British Politician
  • Thomas Pakenham, Historian
  • Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, British Politician
  • John Pakenham, Commanding officer
  • Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, British Politician
  • Hercules Pakenham, Politician
  • William Spring of Pakenham, Politician

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