Penawou Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Penawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Penawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penawou has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Penawou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Penawou is the 2,237,939th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Penawou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Penawou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 42 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 41 percent are found and Edo, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penawo | 92 | 5 | / |
| Penawu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pinawou | 86 | 12 | / |
| Penaswo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Penaouha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Panawo | 77 | 54 | / |
| Penawa | 77 | 54 | / |
| Panawu | 77 | 34 | / |
| Penewu | 77 | 24 | / |
| Pinawu | 77 | 13 | / |
| Penabo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Penabu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Pinawo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penewo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penowo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penawei | 71 | 41 | / |
| Penevau | 71 | 18 | / |
| Peunawa | 71 | 17 | / |
| Panawau | 71 | 12 | / |
| Penouwo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Peinabo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Panavou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Penabho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponewou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peneabo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peynabo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panaiwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinawoe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinawoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pengawai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Phetnawa | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Penawou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis