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 last name La Pena (Arabic: لابينا) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: La Peña. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name La Pena? popularity and diffusion
The last name La Pena is the 937,786th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname La Pena occurs mostly 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 last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 1,596,735. In The United States La Pena is most prevalent in: Texas, where 67 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and New Jersey, where 4 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.
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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