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Where Does The Last Name Pena Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Pena (Arabic: بينا, Hindi: पेना, Marathi: पेना, Oriya: େପନା, Russian: Пена) is most common in The United States. It may also appear as: Peńa, Péna, Penã, Pèña, Peñá, Péña, Peñà, Peñä, Peñǻ, Pêña or Péñá. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pena? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 2,468^th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,592 people. The surname Pena occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Pena reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pena is also the 55,727^th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 11,514 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 126,904 people, or 1 in 2,856. In The United States Pena is most frequent in: Texas, where 35 percent live, California, where 19 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 148 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 12 percent live.

Pena Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Pena has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pena last name expanded 13,992 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 6,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pena Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Pena surname are 43.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.25% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pena earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 65.39% less than the national average, earning €10,392 per year; in Norway they earn 11.72% less than the national average, earning 305,536 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 113.87% more than the national average, earning R 508,248 per year; in United States they earn 18.05% less than the national average, earning $35,361 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.31% less than the national average, earning $45,056 CAD per year.