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Penna

in the US

There are 2,195 people with the last name "Penna" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Penna 11,318
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  1. is 11,314th most common Huffaker
  2. is 11,315th most common Millington
  3. is 11,316th most common Hempel
  4. is 11,317th most common Kan
  5. is 11,318th most common Penna
  6. is 11,319th most common Cullison
  7. is 11,320th most common Ensign
  8. is 11,321st most common Gafford
  9. is 11,322nd most common Munsey

Similar Names and Nicknames

Pennington, Penn, Penny, Penney, Pennell, Penner, Pennock, Pinney, Penning, Pennypacker

Most Common First Names for Penna

Joseph, Michael, John, Robert, James, Anthony, Frank, Thomas, Nicholas, Richard

Meaning & History

Cornish: of uncertain origin; perhaps a habitational name from any of the places named Penare or Penarth, from Cornish pen-arth ‘promontory’, ‘headland’.

Italian (mainly southern): probably a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or peak, or generally in an elevated location, penna (from Latin pinnus ‘pointed’), a common element of place names.

Greek: from the Greek vocabulary word penna ‘quill’, ‘pen’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a clerk or scribe (Greek Pennas, with the occupational suffix -as).

Recent Searches for "Penna" in the US

Since June 2009
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Most Popular Search

Joseph Penna (9 searches)
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