Pence Surname
Approximately 17,154 people bear this surname
Pence Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Benzo, a pet form of names beginning with Bar (bear) and Band (banner); one who came from Pentz, in Germany.
Pence Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,915 | 1:21,428 | 2,705 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| Uruguay | 25 | 1:137,270 | 12,322 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,677 | 1:13,658 | 1,753 |
The alternate forms: Pençe (496) are calculated separately.
Pence (232) may also be a first name.
Pence Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Benzo, a pet form of names beginning with Bar (bear) and Band (banner); one who came from Pentz, in Germany.
Pence Demographics
Pence Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Pence Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pence Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pence (Arabic: بنسا) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Pençe. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pence? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 31,139th most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 424,831 people. The last name Pence is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Pence are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Pence is also the 588,797th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 232 people.
Pence is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 16,915 people, or 1 in 21,428. In The United States it is mostly found in: Ohio, where 10 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and Latvia, where 0 percent live.
Pence Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pence has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pence last name expanded 460 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 68 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pence Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Pence last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Pence surname are 25.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.02% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Pence earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.26% less than the national average, earning R 94,440 per year; in United States they earn 0.13% less than the national average, earning $43,091 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.02% more than the national average, earning $56,150 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pence Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pence in the Arabic language | ||
| بنسا | bnsa | - |
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Footnotes
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