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penland Name Meaning and History

Of uncertain origin. Possibly an altered form of Pentland or a habitational name from Penlan Hall, Essex or Penlan Farm in Hereford and Worcester. There are also numerous places in Wales named Penlan, notably in Dyfed, and the name may have been adopted on arrival in the U.S. by immigrants from any of these places.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of penland Families in the US in 1920
Number of penland families
 75-148
 26-74
 1-25
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