The surname Penwell
A surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P540
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,772 people named Penwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,569.
#16,273
rank among US surnames
1,772
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+12.9%
change since 2000 (was #16,761)
Who is named Penwell
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Penwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Penwell has the Soundex code P540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P540.
Questions
- How common is the surname Penwell?
- 1,772 people in the United States had the surname Penwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Penwell?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Penwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Penwell getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 13%.