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PENFOLD

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There are approximately 6,337 people named Penfold in the UK. That makes it the 1,664th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 100 are named Penfold.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Penfold surname in historical dictionaries

PENFOLD. A pound or pen for sheep and cattle, sometimes called a pin-fold or pound-fold — a manorial prison for trespassing animals. Atte Puufald. H.R.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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