Explore the Family Name Penniman

The meaning of Penniman

English: occupational name for the servant (Middle English man) of someone called Penny.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Penniman in the United States?

The surname Penniman was ranked as the 30,120th most popular surname in the year 2000 and 30,076th in 2010. This represents a slight increase in rank popularity of 0.15 percent over the decade, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The count of individuals with this surname increased by 6.27 percent over the same period, from 734 in 2000 to 780 in 2010. Despite this growth in numbers, the proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people slightly decreased by 3.7 percent from 0.27 to 0.26.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,120	#30,076	0.15%
Count	734	780	6.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.26	-3.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Penniman

Regarding the ethnicity of those carrying the Penniman surname, the majority self-identified as White, making up 82.70 percent in 2000 and 81.79 percent in 2010. There was a small decrease in this ethnic identity representation of 1.10 percent over the decade, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The next largest group self-identified as Black, accounting for 13.76 percent in 2000 and slightly increasing to 13.97 percent in 2010. In terms of other ethnic identities, there was a notable increase of 36.67 percent in those identifying as Hispanic, while the representation of those identifying as two or more races slightly decreased by 15.44 percent. The census reported no individuals under Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native categories for this surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.7%	81.79%	-1.1%
Black	13.76%	13.97%	1.53%
Hispanic	1.5%	2.05%	36.67%
Two or More Races	1.36%	1.15%	-15.44%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%