de Penha Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

de Penha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Penha 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
Brazil1091:1,963,98562,590
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Penha Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Penha Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Penha is found most in Brazil. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Penha? popularity and diffusion

de Penha is the 1,581,912th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of de Penha reside; 84 percent reside in South America and 84 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name de Penha is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 1,963,985. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 21 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 20 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent are found and Portugal, where 3 percent are found.

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
de Pena931,565/
da Penha8856,276/
de Pinha8840/
de Peana8816/
de Penho882/
de Panha881/
de Piena881/
de Penas881/
da Penhas822/
de Penhou822/
da Penaha821/
de Pina8012,217/
da Pena80542/
de Pona8025/
de Pana802/
De-Pena801/
de Pene800/
de Pinho7519,608/
De Panah75509/
de Panay75218/
de Pinas7562/
da Pinha7516/
de Peñas757/
da Panha754/
de Paina752/
da Pemha752/
di Pegna751/
der Pina751/
de Pinea751/
de Piona751/
de Pynho751/
da Penja751/
da Penaa751/
da Penga751/
de Pigna751/
da Penia751/
de Pinhos717/
de Pinhho711/
de Pano67678/
de Pino67194/
da Peña6749/
de Piña6748/
da Pina6715/
de Pine675/
de Peño674/
di Pina673/
De-Pina672/
de Pini672/
da Pona672/
da Pana671/
de Pyne671/
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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 de Penha
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