Fenning

English

Alternative forms

• Venning

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a fen or marsh, from fen +‎ -ing.

Proper noun

Fenning (plural Fennings)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenning is the 66164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 299 individuals. Fenning is most common among White (82.61%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenning”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.