Penaja Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Penaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Penaja (11) may also be a first name.
Penaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penaja occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Penaja is the 5,391,485th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Penaja live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Penaja is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 11 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Hela, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 31 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Penaja
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