Pañez Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Pañez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pañez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

The alternate forms: Panez (1,937) & Panéz (3) are calculated separately.

Pañez Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pañez is found in Peru more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Panez or Panéz. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pañez? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Pañez occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Pañez reside; 80 percent reside in South America and 70 percent reside in Andean South America.

The surname Pañez is most common in Peru, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 5,297,354. In Peru Pañez is mostly concentrated in: Lima Province, where 83 percent live and Callao Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Peru this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 20 percent live and Colombia, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Panez931,937/
Pañe89365/
Panéz873/
Peñez80256/
Pañet8039/
Pañes808/
Pañie801/
Pañ755/
Paniez73327/
Painez7323/
Pagnez7313/
Panetz7311/
Panezh735/
Puiñez731/
Paneez731/
Pane6745,264/
Pagniez671,276/
Poñe67336/
Paneitz67157/
Panniez6722/
Panietz6720/
Paneutz6714/
Paenitz6714/
Pañi6711/
Peañ671/
Pagneiz671/
Paignez671/
Paañ671/

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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 Pañez
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