Pehnelt Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pehnelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pehnelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
Austria171:500,90847,931
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Pehnelt Last Name Facts

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

Pehnelt occurs most in Germany. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pehnelt? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,555,468th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Pehnelt occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Pehnelt reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Pehnelt is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 2,300,156. In Germany Pehnelt is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 23 percent are found and Thuringia, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 30 percent are found and Czechia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poehnelt93122/
Penelt921/
Peinelt86665/
Penel832,371/
Pehneltová821/
Pegnelte801/
Penuel771,924/
Peniel771,221/
Pesnel771,040/
Penell7759/
Peinel7745/
Penoel7725/
Petnel7715/
Pienel776/
Phenel772/
Peneul771/
Phinel771/
Pesnell71742/
Penuell7151/
Phineul7131/
Pienoel7128/
Phennel7123/
Phenuel7118/
Peineltová718/
Peinell717/
Pienell714/
Pethnil712/
Pheniel712/
Peneșel711/
Peeneel711/
Phinnel711/
Peeniel711/
Penaell711/
Peinael711/
Phiniel711/
Pegnell710/
Peasnel710/
Phinell710/
Peanell710/
Peunell710/
Pinel6712,409/
Penelova67184/
Peasnell67152/
Peinl6765/
Penil6721/
Phinnell6711/
Phennell671/
Peenhele671/
Pynel671/
Pénel671/

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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 Pehnelt
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