The surname Penix
A Cornish surname, carried by 2,014 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P520
Origin
Cornish origin
Probably from a local Cornish placename.
One of 18 Cornish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,014 people named Penix in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,849.
Who is named Penix
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Penix identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 79%
- Black (not Hispanic) 16%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Penixs
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Michael Penix Jr.American football player (born 2000)
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Penix has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.
Other Cornish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Penix come from?
- Probably from a local Cornish placename.
- How common is the surname Penix?
- 2,014 people in the United States had the surname Penix in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. It ranked 14,749th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Penix?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Penix identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Penix?
- Michael Penix Jr., American football player (born 2000).
- Where is the surname Penix most common?
- Wikidata records people named Penix in the United States.
- Is the surname Penix getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,014 in 2010, up 8.9%.