La Pena Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

La Pena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Pena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2271:1,596,735107,304
Philippines361:2,812,173137,318
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

The alternate forms: La Peña (316) are calculated separately.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La Peña95316/
La Pegna93165/
La Penas931/
Le Pena866/
La Pina865/
La Pene864/
La-Pegna806/
La Peñas803/
Le Pegna801/
La Piñea801/
La Pinea801/
La Pheny800/
La Pine7128/
La Piña7112/
Le Pene712/
La Paña711/
La Piñas671/
La Pajne671/
La Paine670/
La Pines670/
Le Penher6360/
Le Pine5787/
Le Pono571/
Le Paña571/
Le Payne531/
Le Pinois5023/
Los Pinos5012/

La Pena Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
La Pena in the Arabic language
لابيناlabyna-

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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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