Penarreta Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Penarreta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penarreta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador1591:100,0376,179
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Peñarreta (763) are calculated separately.

Penarreta Last Name Facts

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

Penarreta has its highest incidence in Ecuador. It can also appear as: Peñarreta. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penarreta? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,364,059th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Penarreta live; 99 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Andean South America.

This surname is most common in Ecuador, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 100,037. In Ecuador it is most numerous in: El Oro Province, where 37 percent reside, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, where 18 percent reside and Pichincha Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Ecuador it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Penarreta
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