Penana Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Penana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Peñana (208) are calculated separately.
Penana (109) may also be a first name.
Penana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penana is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Peñana. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penana? popularity and diffusion
Penana is the 1,674,734th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name Penana occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Penana reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Penana is also the 900,062nd most widespread first name worldwide, held by 109 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 1,422,034. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 99 percent live. Not including Indonesia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
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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 Penana
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