Penchon Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Penchon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 37 | 1:2,736,168 | 135,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Penchon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penchon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penchon occurs most in The Philippines. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Penchon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Penchon are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 2,736,168. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 95 percent live, Cagayan Valley, where 3 percent live and Ilocos, where 3 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live.
Penchon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Penchon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Penchon
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