de Peña Surname

128,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

de Peña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Peña 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
Dominican Republic3,1431:3,319406
Philippines1431:707,96071,677
Mexico1131:1,098,46213,844
Spain671:697,79230,551
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Dominica11:75,891912
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: de Pena (1,565) are calculated separately.

de Peña (93) may also be a first name.

de Peña Last Name Facts

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

de Peña is most common in The Dominican Republic. It can also appear as: de Pena. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 128,501st most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,066,217 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of de Peña reside; 89 percent reside in Caribbean and 89 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. de Peña is also the 986,211th most common given name internationally It is held by 93 people.

It is most commonly used in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 3,143 people, or 1 in 3,319. Aside from The Dominican Republic it exists in 19 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 4 percent are found and Mexico, where 3 percent are found.

de Peña Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Peña has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Peña surname grew 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 Pena951,565/
Dea Peña931/
Depeña92676/
de Peña y881/
de Peña O881/
da Peña8649/
de Piña8648/
de Peño864/
de Penha80129/
de Ipiña8026/
de Peana8016/
de Penna803/
de Pinea801/
de Piena801/
Depena77909/
Depeño77222/
Depiña77165/
de Pan7785/
Dapeña7727/
Dipeña772/
Depaña771/
Dupeña771/
de Pen770/
de Penayo751/
de Pina7112,217/
de Pano71678/
da Pena71542/
Depenau71165/
de Pian71127/
de Pani7163/
Depenha7131/
de Peon7129/
de Puna7128/
Depeano7127/
de Pona7125/
de Piño7120/
Depenna7116/
Depeana717/
de Pine715/
de Pane713/
de Peón713/
Depenia712/
de Pana712/
de Bena712/
de Pain712/
Deepean711/
Duepnea711/
de Pawn711/
Depinea711/
Depehna711/
de Pyne711/
De-Pena711/
Depeñio711/
de Eban711/
Diepena711/
D Penna710/
de Pene710/
da Penha6756,276/
de Piano671,458/
De Panah67509/
Depan67465/
de Panay67218/
de Pinna67170/
Deipenau67121/
de Poyen67105/
Depehnah6779/
Depen6752/
de Pinha6740/
da Penna6736/
de Payen6724/
Dee Pona6715/
di Penna6710/
de Panni677/
de Beain677/
de Baena675/
de Peyon674/
Dey Pain673/
Dpena673/
de Panno672/
de Payan672/
de Piñho672/
de Penho672/
Depna672/
de Paina672/
de Ebano671/
Depieano671/
da Penia671/
de Panha671/
de Buena671/
de Beane671/
de Paino671/
Deipenao671/
Dey Pyne671/
D'A Pena671/
da Penaa671/
de Piona671/
de Pinao671/
Depne670/
de Penny670/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Peña
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis