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Penver Family History

Penver Surname Meaning

of uncertain origin. O. J. Padel notes that in Goran parish where the surname first appears there is a coastal feature named Penveor Point (first recorded in about 1870 Ordnance Survey) but this was not inhabited and is unlikely to have given rise to a surname; perhaps the coastal feature was named from the surname.

He points out that many Bretons migrated to Cornwall in the 15th century and tentatively conjectures that Penver could be an anglicized form of the Breton surname Penvern (from any of many minor place-names so named in western Brittany) with English-language shift of stress to the first syllable and subsequent loss of final -n.

Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021


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You can see how Penver families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Penver family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Penver families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 9 Penver families living in London. This was about 90% of all the recorded Penver's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Penver families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Penver. 100% of Penver women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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There are 29 military records available for the last name Penver. For the veterans among your Penver ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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