La Pena Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
La Pena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 227 | 1:1,596,735 | 107,304 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
The alternate forms: La Peña (316) are calculated separately.
La Pena Demographics
Average La Pena Salary in
United States
$36,835 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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La Pena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name La Pena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname La Pena (Arabic: لابينا) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: La Peña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name La Pena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 937,786th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name La Pena is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of La Pena are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 1,596,735. In The United States La Pena is primarily found in: Texas, where 67 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and New Jersey, where 4 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 13 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.
La Pena Last Name Statistics demography
La Pena earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.63% less than the national average, earning $36,835 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Peña | 95 | 316 | / |
| La Pegna | 93 | 165 | / |
| La Penas | 93 | 1 | / |
| Le Pena | 86 | 6 | / |
| La Pina | 86 | 5 | / |
| La Pene | 86 | 4 | / |
| La-Pegna | 80 | 6 | / |
| La Peñas | 80 | 3 | / |
| Le Pegna | 80 | 1 | / |
| La Piñea | 80 | 1 | / |
| La Pinea | 80 | 1 | / |
| La Pheny | 80 | 0 | / |
| La Pine | 71 | 28 | / |
| La Piña | 71 | 12 | / |
| Le Pene | 71 | 2 | / |
| La Paña | 71 | 1 | / |
| La Piñas | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Pajne | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Paine | 67 | 0 | / |
| La Pines | 67 | 0 | / |
| Le Penher | 63 | 60 | / |
| Le Pine | 57 | 87 | / |
| Le Pono | 57 | 1 | / |
| Le Paña | 57 | 1 | / |
| Le Payne | 53 | 1 | / |
| Le Pinois | 50 | 23 | / |
| Los Pinos | 50 | 12 | / |
La Pena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| La Pena in the Arabic language | ||
| لابينا | labyna | - |
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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
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- 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 La Pena
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