The Penn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,409 people carried this name — #1,849 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 18,601 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 183 people named Penn.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Penn is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Penn in American newspapers,
1894–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,707,494 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Penn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jesseca Penn d. 1957 · actor -
Brandy Penn d. 2021 · actor
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Davidson Penn d. 1902 · politician
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Davidson Penn d. 1902 · politician
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Julian Penn d. 1592 · moneylender
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Springett Penn d. 1731
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Penn.
- Penalver 629 · U.S. census
- Penaranda 1,181 · U.S. census
- Penas 373 · U.S. census
- Pendino 161 · U.S. census
- Pene 334 · U.S. census
- Peng 10,575 · U.S. census
- Penna 1,726 · U.S. census
- Penne 304 · U.S. census
- Pennel 518 · U.S. census
- Penning 1,776 · U.S. census
- Penny 10,249 · U.S. census
- Pensa 284 · U.S. census
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