Peenz Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Peenz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peenz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Peenz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peenz is found most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peenz? popularity and diffusion

The last name Peenz is the 1,465,390th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Peenz are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 395,458. In South Africa Peenz is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 72 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 11 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Peenz Last Name Statistics demography

Peenz earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 400.5% more than the national average, earning R 1,189,380 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peenze9165/
Peentz9110/
Penz895,537/
Peyenze831/
Penze806,901/
Pentz804,365/
Peens802,702/
Pencz80638/
Pienz80167/
Peinz8039/
Paenz808/
Pennz801/
Penzt800/
Pnz752/
Peense7392/
Peinze7367/
Pientz733/
Puentz732/
Powenz731/
Pentcz731/
Peanze731/
Pfentz730/
Poentz730/
Pinz671,220/
Penc67736/
Pens67631/
Peusens67247/
Pénz678/
Peñz674/
Pnhz672/
Penx672/
Penč672/
Vpnz671/
Pnzp671/
Pnze671/
Pnzd671/
P'Nz671/
Pänz671/
Pemz671/
Peatens670/

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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 Peenz
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