Penny is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Penny
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Probably local. Many places in Scotland are compounded with this word, as Pennycross, Pennycuick, Pennygown, Pennimuir, etc.

Penny is a variant form of Penney. See Penny - Probably local. Many places in Scotland are compounded with this word, as Pennycross, Pennycuick, Pennygown, Pennimuir, etc.

Dweller at the sign of the feather; descendant of Penny.

How popular is Penny?

Penny is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Wales, Indonesia, Ireland, France, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Grenada.

Penny is ranked 16057 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Penny bearers increased by 6.59 per cent in 2010 US census to 10249 since 2000, the surname slipped by 75 spots and ranked at 3485. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.89 73.67
Black 21.44 21.4
Hispanic or Latino 2.88 1.65
Others 2.41 1.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.78 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.57
Penny is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 34713 people have been found who wears Penny as their family name. Penny is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Penny:
3,433 United States13,190
Countries with thousands of Penny:
1,062 England7,650
924 Australia4,260
1,718 Canada3,206
Countries with hundreds of Penny:
7,153 South Africa961
805 New Zealand908
827 Papua New Guinea821
1,150 Scotland707
639 Wales542
32,711 Indonesia345
2,322 Ireland195
52,007 France192
12,859 Zimbabwe173
43,672 Nigeria170
1,887 Northern Ireland141
200 Grenada102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,388 Belgium91
2,417 Jamaica82
12,711 Peru81
2,111 Trinidad and Tobago79
1,065 China73
3,146 Singapore73
96,458 Brazil63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
108,338 Germany41
40,601 Spain40
15,464 United Arab Emirates40
36,096 Malaysia38
239,646 Thailand35
12,265 Portugal28
155,597 Philippines26
370 Saint Kitts and Nevis22
28,226 Switzerland22
13,939 Uruguay21
13,197 Colombia20
33,464 Israel20
14,169 Liberia20
5,821 Solomon Islands20
18,229 Botswana17
25,792 Denmark15
26,891 Qatar12
361,204 Russia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
639,611 India10
2,003 Jersey10
43,480 Mexico10
41,629 Norway10
11,581 Ghana9
85,467 Netherlands9
121,657 Italy6
1,214 Marshall Islands6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jas. Penny worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 60 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Coronet and arrived on April 2, 1849. Christopher Penny (35) Immigrant, Bridget Penny (28) Immigrant, Catherine Penny, Margt. Penny (Born at sea) Infant, John Penny, aged 20, Thomas Penny, aged 19, Ann Penny (22), Ann Penny, aged 60, and 6 other Penny around 88.89% of whom were servant migrated to US from Dublin, Cork, Liverpool, Hamilton and Bermuda.

From Italy

35 years old agent S.Mr Penny who was residing in Italy migrated to Mexico on March 21, 1892 by La Bretagne put out from Havre.

From Germany

Gottlieb Penny was 25 years old when he migrated to New York on May 18, 1882 with Johann Penny who was 17 years old. They were residing in Switzerland and took Dupuy De Lome from Havre.

Penny Namesakes

  • John Penny, English priest, successively Bishop of Bangor
  • Rob Penny, African-American playwright, poet, social activist
  • Kirsten Penny, professional English female ten-pin bowler
  • James Penny, merchant
  • Joshua Penny, English first-class cricketer,
  • Samuel Penny, American Episcopal clergyman
  • Tim Penny, American author, musician
  • Sydney Penny, American actress
  • Tom Penny, professional skateboarder
  • Joe Penny, Joseph Edward Penny Jr
  • Laura Penny, Canadian academic and the author of the bestselling 'Your Call is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit'
  • Luke Penny, former Australian rules footballer
  • Brad Penny, American former professional baseball pitcher
  • Nicholas Penny, British art historian
  • Simon Penny, Australian artist, theorist, curator and teacher
  • Plastic Penny, English 1960s pop band
  • Hank Penny, accomplished banjo player and practitioner of Western swing
  • Gareth Penny, is non-Executive Chairman of Norilsk Nickel
  • Edward Goff Penny, English-Canadian journalist, businessman
  • Joel Penny, Australian rugby league player
  • Kevin Penny, English professional rugby league footballer

Penny Namesakes

  • John Penny, English priest, successively Bishop of Bangor
  • Rob Penny, African-American playwright, poet, social activist
  • Kirsten Penny, professional English female ten-pin bowler
  • James Penny, merchant
  • Joshua Penny, English first-class cricketer,
  • Samuel Penny, American Episcopal clergyman
  • Tim Penny, American author, musician
  • Sydney Penny, American actress
  • Tom Penny, professional skateboarder
  • Joe Penny, Joseph Edward Penny Jr
  • Laura Penny, Canadian academic and the author of the bestselling 'Your Call is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit'
  • Luke Penny, former Australian rules footballer
  • Brad Penny, American former professional baseball pitcher
  • Nicholas Penny, British art historian
  • Simon Penny, Australian artist, theorist, curator and teacher
  • Plastic Penny, English 1960s pop band
  • Hank Penny, accomplished banjo player and practitioner of Western swing
  • Gareth Penny, is non-Executive Chairman of Norilsk Nickel
  • Edward Goff Penny, English-Canadian journalist, businessman
  • Joel Penny, Australian rugby league player
  • Kevin Penny, English professional rugby league footballer

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