Penfold is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Penfold
No. of characters: 7
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Penfold

How popular is Penfold?

Penfold is common in South Africa.

Penfold is ranked 43820 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Penfolds grew by 7.331731 per cent to 893 since 2000 and ranked 27110 after elevating 203 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.83 96.39
Hispanic or Latino 4.7 2.28
Others 1.57 0.96
Penfold is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 11042 people have been found who wears Penfold as their family name. Penfold is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
114,007 Czech Republic4
90,215 Germany3
20,837 Venezuela2
21,529 Singapore2
13,552 Qatar2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
2,617 Cambodia2
91,024 Belgium1
8,181 Botswana1
2,190 Barbados1
10,190 Bahrain1
6,820 Angola1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
897,276 Russia1
3,350 Fiji1
8,859 Iraq1
153,416 Italy1
11,510 Oman1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
3,243 Suriname1
81,201 Switzerland1
40,340 Malaysia1
28,365 Kenya1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,238 Spain50
4,813 Hong Kong47
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
14,048 Ireland16
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
92,589 Brazil79
Countries with hundreds of Penfold:
7,521 Canada554
2,440 Scotland282
3,443 New Zealand222
1,965 Wales203
40,399 Argentina119
Countries with thousands of Penfold:
1,570 England5,044
1,791 Australia1,764
24,346 United States1,270
5,369 South Africa1,205
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old John Penfold who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on July 1, 1850 by Amy put out from London. 22 years old Ellen Penfold, John Penfold (13), Infant William Penfold, 34 years old Richard Penfold, Machinist Francis Penfold, Ben Penfold (3), Ennia Penfold (2), 20 years old Stephen Penfold, and 1 other Penfold mainly machinist, workman migrated to US.

Penfold Namesakes

  • Cris Penfold, Actor
  • Jodie Penfold, Television presenter
  • Piers Penfold, Musical Artist
  • Peter Penfold, Diplomat
  • Ellie Penfold, Jermaine Jenas' wife
  • Rebel Penfold-Russell, Film producer
  • Anne Estella Sarah Penfold Cave, 1st Countess Cave of R, Countess Cave of Richmond
  • John Penfold, Surveyor
  • Rebel Penfold-Russell, Film producer
  • Rebel Penfold-Russell, Film producer

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