How common is the last name Penn?

18,879 people in the United States have the last name Penn, about 1 in 15,832. It ranks #1,866 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PENN

#1,866

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,879
About
1 in 15,832
This common or more
47%
Who bears it

Of the 18,879 people with the last name Penn, 48.7% reported their origin as White, 38.2% as Black and 6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Penn

#1,864 Betts · 18,891#1,865 Langston · 18,883#1,867 Brewster · 18,855#1,868 Duvall · 18,849

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Penn, most common first.

#209 Pena · 135,370#3,670 Penny · 9,425#12,190 Penna · 2,439#16,149 Pen · 1,734#38,609 Pean · 617#50,535 Peno · 447#61,890 Pene · 350#65,168 Penne · 329

Also a first name

As a first name, Penn ranks #11,716 of 53,615, with 1,083 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2020, with 80 births. See Penn as a first name

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