Penning is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Penning
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Penning

How popular is Penning?

Penning is common in Germany.

Penning is ranked 66141 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Penning bearers increased by 3.798948 per cent in 2010 US census to 1776 since 2000, the surname slipped by 574 spots and ranked at 16250. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.65 95.85
Hispanic or Latino 2.53 1.46
Others 1.46 1.34
Black 0.62 0.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0
Penning is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 6866 people have been found who wears Penning as their family name. Penning is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
9,185 Hong Kong2
40,256 Mexico2
13,552 Qatar2
24,766 Scotland2
631 Swaziland2
41,879 Turkey2
6,033 Benin1
38,830 Morocco1
29,046 Japan1
18,969 Wales1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
57,245 Spain31
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,925 New Zealand69
Countries with hundreds of Penning:
8,237 South Africa785
14,443 England403
11,991 Australia230
10,721 Belgium171
57,437 France171
69,781 Brazil127
333 Luxembourg125
27,448 Canada124
Countries with thousands of Penning:
17,240 United States1,909
1,702 Netherlands1,347
7,103 Germany1,345
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Penning Namesakes

  • Thomas Pennington Lucas, Medical practitioner
  • John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster, Politician
  • Josslyn Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster, Politician
  • John L. Pennington, American Politician
  • Tom Pennington, Football player
  • John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster, Politician
  • Ann Pennington, Actress
  • John L. Pennington, American Politician
  • Dennis Pennington, Legislator
  • Basil Pennington, Writer

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