Penceliah Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Penceliah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penceliah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799

Penceliah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Penceliah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Penceliah occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Penceliah.

How Common Is The Last Name Penceliah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Penceliah is the 3,602,217th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Penceliah live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 2,083,758. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 96 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Not including South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent reside.

Penceliah Last Name Statistics demography

Penceliah earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.89% more than the national average, earning R 282,516 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penciliah891/
Pencela888/
Penchela824/
Pencheela781/
Pincela7575/
Pensela7541/
Pencyla7523/
Penzela756/
Penkela751/
Pengela751/
Pencila751/
Penjilia718/
Penchila712/
Penseela711/
Pencilha711/
Pengelay711/
Pennsela711/
Pinchilia675/

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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
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  • 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 Penceliah
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