Pencrec'h Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Pencrec'h Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pencrec'h Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pencrec'h Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pencrec'h has its highest incidence in France. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pencrec'h? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Pencrec'h occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pencrec'h reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Pencrec'h is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,207,686. In France Pencrec'h is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 65 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Normandy, where 16 percent live. Not including France Pencrec'h exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pencreac'h | 95 | 23 | / |
| Pencrech | 94 | 11 | / |
| Pencreach | 89 | 81 | / |
| Pengrec'h | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pencréac'h | 84 | 10 | / |
| Pencreac | 82 | 38 | / |
| Pengrech | 82 | 4 | / |
| Penchrec | 82 | 1 | / |
| Penkerc'h | 78 | 6 | / |
| Pengreach | 78 | 4 | / |
| Pencréach | 78 | 1 | / |
| Penquerc'h | 74 | 62 | / |
| Benkorech | 67 | 488 | / |
| Penkerc | 50 | 13 | / |
| Penkrig | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Pencrec'h
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