Penaye Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Penaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Penaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penaye occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,136,387th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Penaye is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Penaye reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon Penaye is most common in: Centre Region, where 95 percent live, Littoral Region, where 1 percent live and Northwest Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Penaye
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