Peñ Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Peñ Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pen (22,184) are calculated separately.
Peñ Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peñ Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peñ is most common in Colombia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pen. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peñ? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Peñ live; 50 percent live in South America and 25 percent live in Caribbean South America.
The surname Peñ is most commonly used in Colombia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 23,887,036. Outside of Colombia Peñ occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 13 percent are found and Ecuador, where 13 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Peñ
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