Penalov Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Penalov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penalov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria71:996,98634,534
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Penalov Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penalov (Russian: Пеналов) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Penalov click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penalov? popularity and diffusion

Penalov is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Penalov occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Penalov live; 54 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 996,986. In Bulgaria it is most frequent in: Varna Province, where 57 percent live, Plovdiv Province, where 29 percent live and Burgas Province, where 14 percent live. Aside from Bulgaria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 31 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penalova9327/
Pinalov86214/
Penelov86171/
Panalov8618/
Pynalov864/
Penalev861/
Pinalova8039/
Penalope8014/
Pingalov8011/
Pynalova801/
Penolova801/
Panailov801/
Penhalow800/
Penhallow75233/
Pingalova7510/
Pinailova751/
Pinelov7111/
Penelow7111/
Pinalev713/
Panolov712/
Penelev711/
Ponelov711/
Panhelov676/
Pannolov671/
Penhollow63434/
Panalaw5717/
Pinalab579/
Pinhollow500/

Penalov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Penalov in the Russian language
Пеналовpenalov-

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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 Penalov
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