Penault Surname
Approximately 766 people bear this surname
Penault Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 756 | 1:87,861 | 12,561 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Pénault (6) are calculated separately.
Penault Demographics
Average Penault Salary in
Canada
$43,157 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Penault Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penault Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penault occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Pénault. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Penault? popularity and diffusion
The last name Penault is the 445,430th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,513,768 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Penault are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most common in France, where it is borne by 756 people, or 1 in 87,861. In France Penault is most numerous in: French Guiana, where 37 percent reside, Brittany, where 23 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 10 percent reside. Other than France this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
Penault Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Penault has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Penault last name fell 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Penault Last Name Statistics demography
Penault earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.14% less than the national average, earning $43,157 CAD per year.
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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 Penault
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