Penrose is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Penrose?

Penrose is common in England.

Penrose is ranked 46097 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Penrose bearers increased by 3.772189 per cent in 2010 US census to 2806 since 2000, the surname slipped by 448 spots and ranked at 11269. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.49 91.79
Black 3.88 3.59
Penrose is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 10424 people have been found who wears Penrose as their family name. Penrose is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
8,438 China5
661,536 Indonesia3
184,212 France3
4,164 Vietnam2
41,879 Turkey2
50,640 Switzerland2
21,529 Singapore2
1,118 Isle of Man2
124,220 Italy2
30,360 Thailand1
34,581 Chile1
1,704,541 India1
40,340 Malaysia1
53,033 Nigeria1
10,683 Cyprus1
25,746 Finland1
28,365 Kenya1
2,374 Bermuda1
2,309 Monaco1
613 Central African Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
104,075 Brazil64
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Penrose:
3,091 Australia997
12,715 South Africa493
10,337 Canada382
43,536 Germany235
3,988 New Zealand192
2,355 Ireland191
4,818 Scotland118
Countries with thousands of Penrose:
10,934 United States3,314
367 Papua New Guinea2,242
3,793 England1,990
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Sarah Penrose from Great Britain aboard the Arkansas from Dublin during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 18 years old when she arrived in USA on April 9, 1849. Isaac Penrose (18) Immigrant, 37 years old William Penrose, 24 years old Jas. Penrose, John Penrose, aged 24, Immigrant R. Penrose, Richard Penrose, aged 24, Jno. Penrose (34) Miner, are others that migrated to US from Penzance, Liverpool and Dublin.

Penrose Namesakes

  • Roland Penrose, Artist
  • Antony Penrose, Lee Miller's son
  • Roger Penrose, Physicist
  • Barrie Penrose, Journalist
  • Beryl Penrose, Tennis player
  • Boies Penrose, Former United States Senator
  • Norwood Penrose Hallowell, Edward Needles Hallowell's brother
  • Calum Penrose, Politician
  • Edith Penrose, Economist
  • Lionel Penrose, Mathematician

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