Penne is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Penne
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Worn particularly in the Landes and the Tarn, means the person who lives in a place called (the) Penne or originated. Toponym meaning: steep rock fortress built on such a rock. This is the name many hamlets and villages, from the Maritime Alps to the Pyrenees.

How popular is Penne?

Penne is ranked 175236 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Penne bearers increased by 4.467354 per cent in 2010 US census to 304 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1236 spots and ranked at 65244. 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 88.82 89.35
Hispanic or Latino 6.91 4.81
Others 1.97 0
Black 1.64 2.41
Penne is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Belgium which may be its originating country too. Around 2054 people have been found who wears Penne as their family name. Penne is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
116,327 Spain6
5,726 Puerto Rico2
201,317 England2
40,256 Mexico2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,704,541 India1
120,357 Argentina1
38,063 Mauritania1
53,505 Turkey1
25,746 Finland1
38,830 Morocco1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
80,267 Kazakhstan24
331,856 Russia21
324,631 Indonesia17
171,702 Canada12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,434 Senegal91
10,531 Norway72
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Penne:
3,586 Belgium475
65,633 United States381
29,743 Italy314
32,528 France306
43,536 Germany235
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Alessandro Penne was 49 years old when he migrated to New York on August 18, 1890. He lived in Salerno, Italy where he worked as baker and took Birmania from Gibraltar & Naples. Antonio Penne, aged 28, 33 years old Maurizio Penne, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Many Dundas
Penne is an Occitan name, represents a topographic name, with a sense of high rock domain name became surname -this also represents a variation of penn (with a final -e by abuse), Breton name which means head, head.

Penne Namesakes

  • Flavia Pennetta, Tennis player
  • Lydia Agathe Penner, Fred Penner's mother
  • Jessica Penne, Mixed Martial Artist
  • Alden Penner, Musician
  • Flavia Pennetta, Tennis player
  • Flavia Pennetta, Tennis player
  • Flavia Pennetta, Tennis player
  • Anouk Pennel, Graphic designer
  • Larry Pennell, Television actor
  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Writer

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