Penance Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Penance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Penance (6) may also be a first name.

Penance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penance is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penance? popularity and diffusion

The surname Penance is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 33 percent of Penance reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Penance is also the 4,967,096th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 6 people.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is most numerous in: Devon, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Penance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Penance has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Penance
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