How common is the last name Pennington?

39,335 people in the United States have the last name Pennington, about 1 in 7,599. It ranks #862 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PENNINGTON

#862

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
39,335
About
1 in 7,599
This common or more
38%
Who bears it

Of the 39,335 people with the last name Pennington, 84.8% reported their origin as White, 7% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pennington

#860 Bentley · 39,380#861 Giles · 39,371#863 Frederick · 39,331#864 Hahn · 39,328

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pennington, most common first.

#73,776 Penington · 283

Also a first name

As a first name, Pennington ranks #47,684 of 53,615, with 136 people. See Pennington as a first name

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