Penalosa Surname

227,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Penalosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penalosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7801:464,69139,603
Philippines3301:306,78243,225
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Indonesia2201:601,13347,761
Canada451:818,79163,991
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England41:13,929,515290,718
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
China21:683,660,78330,601
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Penalosa (11) may also be a first name.

Penalosa Last Name Facts

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

Penalosa occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Penalosa.

How Common Is The Last Name Penalosa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 227,600th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,089,532 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Penalosa reside; 47 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 11 people.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 780 people, or 1 in 464,691. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 48 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent reside.

Penalosa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Penalosa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Penalosa last name expanded 26,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Penalosa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Penalosa are 42.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.19% registered with the political party.

The amount Penalosa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 43.41% less than the national average, earning 195,844 kr per year; in United States they earn 15% less than the national average, earning $36,677 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $50,068 CAD per year.

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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 Penalosa
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