da Pena Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

da Pena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

da Pena Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4401:486,53318,383
Spain521:899,07835,195
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
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The alternate forms: da Peña (49) are calculated separately.

da Pena Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Pena Come From? nationality or country of origin

da Pena is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: da Peña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Pena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 579,404th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of da Pena reside; 89 percent reside in South America and 81 percent reside in Luso-South America.

It is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 440 people, or 1 in 486,533. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Bahia, where 48 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 15 percent live and São Paulo, where 10 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 10 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
da Peña9549/
da Penga931/
da Penaa931/
das Penha882/
das Penas882/
da Penhas882/
da Penaha881/
de Pena861,565/
da Pina8615/
da Pona862/
da Pana861/
de Penha80129/
da Pinha8016/
de Peana8016/
da Panha804/
da Piene802/
da Pemha802/
Da Panah801/
di Pegna801/
de Piena801/
de Penas801/
de Pina7112,217/
de Pona7125/
di Pina713/
de Pana712/
da Pino711/
De-Pena711/
Da-Pina711/
do Pina711/
de Pene710/
De Panah67509/
de Panay67218/
de Pinas6762/
de Pinha6740/
da Pinho6710/
das Pyne679/
de Peñas677/
de Penho672/
de Paina672/
de Pigna671/
de Panha671/
der Pina671/
de Pinea671/
de Piona671/
do Pinha671/
dos Pina671/
da Poini671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to da Pena
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