# Pennington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pennington/  
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) | 40,854 |
| US rank (2010) | 846 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,557 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (40,339 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pennington 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pennington in the United States.

## People named Pennington

- Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872-1952)
- Ty Pennington, American television host
- Ann Pennington, American dancer, actress and singer (1893–1971)
- Havoc Pennington, American computer engineer and entrepreneur
- William Pennington, American politician (1796-1862)
- Chad Pennington, American football player (born 1976)
- Joan Pennington, American swimmer, world champion

## Similar surnames

Penning, Pfannenstiel.

## 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.