Penascosas Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Penascosas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penascosas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

The alternate forms: Peñascosas (923) are calculated separately.

Penascosas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penascosas is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Peñascosas. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penascosas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Penascosas is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Penascosas live; 71 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 3,749,564. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 44 percent live, Central Luzon, where 26 percent live and National Capital Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of The Philippines Penascosas exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Bahrain, 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
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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 Penascosas
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