The surname Penning
A surname, carried by 1,776 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P552
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,776 people named Penning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,843 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,711.
#16,250
rank among US surnames
1,776
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+3.8%
change since 2000 (was #15,676)
Who is named Penning
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Penning identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Penning
Penning has the Soundex code P552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P552.
Questions
- How common is the surname Penning?
- 1,776 people in the United States had the surname Penning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,843 Americans. It ranked 16,250th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Penning?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Penning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Penning getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,776 in 2010, up 3.8%.