as a Last Name
- 17,919
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Penn
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from various places, for example Penn in Buckinghamshire and Staffordshire, named with the Celtic element pen ‘hill’, which was apparently adopted in Old English.
| 1,725th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Pennington, Penny, Penney, Pennell, Penner, Pennock, Penna, Pinney, Penning, Pennypacker
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,919
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Penn per capita
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