How rare is the last name Penny?

9,425 people in the United States have the last name Penny, about 1 in 31,713. It ranks #3,670 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PENNY

#3,670

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,425
About
1 in 31,713
This common or more
54.9%
Who bears it

Of the 9,425 people with the last name Penny, 67.7% reported their origin as White, 21.9% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Penny

#3,668 Stine · 9,429#3,669 Lafleur · 9,426#3,671 Neil · 9,424#3,672 Jeffery · 9,422

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,866 Penn · 18,879#5,896 Penney · 5,633#12,190 Penna · 2,439#65,168 Penne · 329#107,024 Penno · 177#147,954 Pennay · 112

Also a first name

As a first name, Penny ranks #646 of 53,615, with 81,497 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1963, with 5,143 births. See Penny as a first name

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