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    The surname Penland

    A surname, carried by 4,142 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P545

    Penland: #7,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Penland #7,981, 4,142 people Penland: #7,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Penland #7,981, 4,142 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Penland is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,142 people named Penland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,540 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,114.

    #7,981
    rank among US surnames
    4,142
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #7,462)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,975McCutchen4,14674,468
    #7,977Treece4,14474,504
    #7,980Trussell4,14374,522
    #7,981Philpott4,14274,540
    #7,983Murguia4,14174,558

    Who is named Penland

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Penland identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Penland?
    4,142 people in the United States had the surname Penland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,540 Americans. It ranked 7,981st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Penland?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Penland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Penland getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,142 in 2010, up 0.7%.