Penaforte Surname
Approximately 1,165 people bear this surname
Penaforte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,053 | 1:203,299 | 7,824 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Penaforte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penaforte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penaforte is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penaforte? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 320,709th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,255,404 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Penaforte live; 90 percent live in South America and 90 percent live in Luso-South America.
Penaforte is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 1,053 people, or 1 in 203,299. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 25 percent reside, São Paulo, where 14 percent reside and Ceará, where 14 percent reside. Beside Brazil this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penasforte | 95 | 22 | / |
| Penafortte | 95 | 2 | / |
| Penafortes | 95 | 1 | / |
| Penaforthe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Penafort | 94 | 503 | / |
| Penasfortee | 90 | 1 | / |
| Penaforth | 89 | 103 | / |
| Penaforti | 89 | 6 | / |
| Peneforte | 89 | 2 | / |
| Penhafort | 89 | 2 | / |
| Pinaforte | 89 | 2 | / |
| Peenafort | 89 | 1 | / |
| Penafurte | 89 | 1 | / |
| Penaford | 82 | 4 | / |
| Paneforte | 78 | 4 | / |
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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 Penaforte
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