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There are approximately 2,507 people named Penrose in the UK. That makes it the 3,777th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 40 are named Penrose.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Anglo-Saxon
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Penrose surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

PENROSE. A hamlet near the Land's End in Cornwall, possessed by the family in the XV. century, and doubtless much earlier. C. S. Gilbert's' Cornwall.

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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