What We Know About the Pernin Surname

French birth records list 3,686 children named Pernin between 1891 and 2000. There were 174 such births in the 1890s and 338 in the 1990s. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Pernin, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Public name statistics give a good picture of the Pernin surname.

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Pernin name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. For the full story, order the Pernin surname pack.