What We Know About the Penot Surname

The Penot last name leaves a measurable trail in official statistics.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Penot family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Surname origin

The meaning of Penot is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records. Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Penot under several forms.

From 1891 to 2000, 4,755 births in France were registered under Penot. Births ran at 290 in 1891–1900 and 357 in 1991–2000. Research your Penot family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.