# Pennell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pennell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,170 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,633 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 50,040 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (6,072 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pennel |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pennell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pennell in the United States.

## People named Pennell

- Joseph Pennell, American artist and author (1857-1926)
- Elizabeth Robins Pennell, American author (1855–1936)
- Larry Pennell, American television and film actor (1928–2013)

## Similar surnames

Pannell, Penley, Pinnell, Penwell, Panella, Pinell, Pinela.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.