Penistone

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Peniston === Etymology === Perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head”) + Old English -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). No relation to penis. === Pronunciation === (Yorkshire) IPA(key): /pɛnɪstən/ === Proper noun === Penistone (countable and uncountable, plural Penistones) A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2403). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Penistone is the 16229th most common surname in England, belonging to 310 individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Penistone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Forebears === Anagrams === epitenons, stone pine