Pencev Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Pencev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Penčev (43) are calculated separately.
Pencev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pencev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pencev is held by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Penčev. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pencev? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pencev is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Pencev reside; 67 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 50 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname Pencev is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 395,708. In Moldova Pencev is most numerous in: Chișinău Municipality, where 78 percent live, Găgăuzia, where 11 percent live and Taraclia District, where 11 percent live. Besides Moldova this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent live and North Macedonia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penčev | 94 | 43 | / |
| Penchev | 92 | 6,494 | / |
| Penceva | 92 | 9 | / |
| Pencheva | 86 | 6,881 | / |
| Pentchev | 86 | 77 | / |
| Penzev | 83 | 622 | / |
| Pencef | 83 | 11 | / |
| Penkev | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pincev | 83 | 6 | / |
| Penciv | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pentcheva | 80 | 60 | / |
| Pentschev | 80 | 12 | / |
| Pencevova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penzeva | 77 | 1,010 | / |
| Pinchev | 77 | 64 | / |
| Penziev | 77 | 18 | / |
| Penkeva | 77 | 15 | / |
| Penczew | 77 | 10 | / |
| Penzaev | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pentsev | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pynchev | 77 | 5 | / |
| Penchef | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pinceva | 77 | 2 | / |
| Penčeva | 77 | 2 | / |
| Penkiev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penseev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pençeva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pengiev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pencheff | 71 | 63 | / |
| Pincheva | 71 | 51 | / |
| Pentseva | 71 | 29 | / |
| Penzhiev | 71 | 10 | / |
| Pyncheva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Penzov | 67 | 449 | / |
| Penčevová | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pensov | 67 | 34 | / |
| Pendzhiev | 67 | 25 | / |
| Pentcheff | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pentschew | 67 | 6 | / |
| Penšov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penziv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pensiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penzep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pensep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penkew | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pencev
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