Penai Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Penai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Penai (115) may also be a first name.
Penai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penai (Hindi: पेनई) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Penai live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 76 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Penai is also the 873,022nd most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 115 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea Penai is primarily found in: Western, where 87 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 9 percent reside and Gulf, where 2 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Penai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penai in the Hindi language | ||
| पेनई | pena'i | 50 |
| पेणा | pena | 50 |
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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 Penai
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