How common is the surname Penner?

5,349 people in the United States had the surname Penner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,720 Americans. It ranked 6,363rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Penner?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Penner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Penner?

Jonathan Penner, American actor, followed by Joe Penner.

Where is the surname Penner most common?

Wikidata records people named Penner in the United States.

Is the surname Penner getting more or less common?

More common. 5,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,349 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Penner

A surname, carried by 5,349 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Penner is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,349 people named Penner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,720 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,036.

#6,363

rank among US surnames

5,349

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,247)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,358	Cabello	5,358	57,623
#6,361	Decastro	5,354	57,666
#6,362	Groce	5,351	57,699
#6,363	Penner	5,349	57,720

Who is named Penner

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

93% of people named Penner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Penners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jonathan Penner
American actor, born 1962
Joe Penner
American actor (1904-1941)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Penner

Pinner

Penner has the Soundex code P560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P560.

Questions

How common is the surname Penner?: 5,349 people in the United States had the surname Penner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,720 Americans. It ranked 6,363rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Penner?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Penner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Penner?: Jonathan Penner, American actor, followed by Joe Penner.
Where is the surname Penner most common?: Wikidata records people named Penner in the United States.
Is the surname Penner getting more or less common?: More common. 5,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,349 in 2010, up 6.2%.