as a Last Name
- 38,757
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Pennington
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly Lancashire and Cumbria): habitational name from places called Pennington, in Lancashire, Cumbria, and Hampshire. The latter two are so called from Old English pening ‘penny’ (Penny) (used as a byname or from a tribute due on the land) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The place of this name in the parish of Leigh in Lancashire is recorded in the 13th century as Pinington and Pynington, and may be from Old English Pinningtūn ‘settlement (tūn) associated with a man named Pinna’.
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Nicknames & variations
Penn, Penny, Penney, Pennell, Penner, Pennock, Penna, Penning, Pennypacker, Pennebaker
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 38,757
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Pennington per capita
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