Last Name PENRY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Henry. The Welsh patronymic of this was Ap-Henry or Ab-Henry, compounded into Penry, equivalent to English Henrison, just as Parry (Ap-Harry) corresponds to English Harrison.
Origin Welsh, Irish

Rank 30,516 (2000 US census)
Count 722 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.83%, or 663 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.85%, or 35 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.52%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.39%, or 10 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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