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Origin Of The Surname Penn
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Meaning Of The Surname Penn
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Interesting
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Penn
Penn could be a locational, topographical or occupational name. Firstly it could be locational, originating from Penn in Berkshire. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. Alternatively it could come from the Old English ‘penn’ which meant ‘pen’ as in a small enclosure for animals. From this word it could then have been used as a topographical surname for a person who lived by a pen, or an occupational surname for a person who shepherded sheep and kept them in a pen. Sean Penn the American actor is a famous bearer of this surname. |
Penn Statistics
Penn is the number 896 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 11,085 share the surname Penn in the UK.
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