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Pankey

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Pankey
Origin
Language(s)French (Panetier) West Slavic via German (Pahnke)
Meaning[pantier: bread master, or keeper of the pantry] pahnke: young master
Region of originUnited States (by Anglicisation of European surname)
Other names
Cognate(s)Panek, Pahnke, Pank
See alsoJunker, Juncker, Youngman, Jungmann

Pankey is an Americanized form of French Panetier: occupational name for a pantryman from panetieran agent derivative of pain ‘bread’. Alteration of the French ending -tier to English -key is typical for American French surnames. The American version originated with two French brothers who emigrated to Virginia in 1700, Jean and Etienne Panetier. [1]

It is also a North American last name[2] and the Anglicized form of the German-language surname Pahnke,[3] which in itself is derived from the diminutive form pank/panek of the Lower Sorbian/Upper Sorbian/Polish word pan for "man", "master" or "mister" (and can thus roughly be translated as "little gentleman", “young noble” or "junker").[4][5][6]


Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ashton Pankey (born 1992), American basketball player
  • Aubrey Pankey (1905–1971), African American baritone
  • Eric Pankey (born 1959), American poet and artist
  • George Edward Pankey (1903-?) American historian and genealogist, writer of a comprehensive listing of descendants of John Panetier, who emigrated to North America in 1700.
  • Irv Pankey (born 1958), former American football offensive lineman
  • Peter Pankey, aka "Peter Gunz" (born 1969), American rapper, reality star & TV show host
  • Susan Pedersen Pankey (born 1953), American swimmer
  • Titus Pankey Jr. (1925-2003), African American physicist

References

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  1. ^ Pankey, George Edward (1969). John Pankey of Manakin Town, Virginia, and his descendants. Vol. 1. Kingsport, Tenn.: Kingsport Press Inc. LCCN 68-58361. OCLC 72322.
  2. ^ "Pankey Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved March 4, 2017. Approximately 3,960 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: United States Virgin Islands.
  3. ^ "Pankey Family History". sancestry.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017. Americanized form of German Pahnke.
  4. ^ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Duden Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20.000 Nachnamen, 495
  5. ^ Horst Naumann, Das große Buch der Familiennamen, 209
  6. ^ Hans Bahlow, Deutsches Namenlexikon: Familien- und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklärt, 372