Le Pen Surname

360,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Le Pen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Le Pen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France9921:66,9589,253
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363

Le Pen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Le Pen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Le Pen is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Le Pen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 360,039th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,244,081 people. The last name Le Pen is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Le Pen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 992 people, or 1 in 66,958. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 60 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 7 percent live. Excluding France Le Pen occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Le Penn9222/
Le Poen923/
Le Penne8670/
Le Pin8391/
Le-Pen833/
Le Pink773/
Le Ping773/
La Penn770/
La Penne711/
La Pin672/
La Pina625/

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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 Le Pen
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