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Penning Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and North German: from early Middle English
penning, Low German penning, Middle Dutch penninc
‘penny’ (see Penny), a topographic name (from a field name) or
a nickname referring to tax dues of a penny.South German:
from the short form, Panno, of a Germanic personal name derived
from a word meaning ‘ban’, ‘order’, ‘command’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Penning Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Penning families
 20 - 38  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Penning families
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39 - 76 14 - 38 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Penning families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Penning census records
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Penning Family Origin
Penning Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Penning
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Penning Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Penning census records
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