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
The last name Penaye is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Penaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Penaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,136,387th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Penaye occurs mostly 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 widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon Penaye is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 95 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, 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
- 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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