Penea Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Penea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 108 | 1:185,906 | 18,848 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Peñea (1) are calculated separately.
Penea (16) may also be a first name.
Penea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penea (Russian: Пенеа) is found most frequently in Romania. It may be found in the variant forms: Peñea. For other possible spellings of Penea click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penea? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,459,453rd most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. Penea occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Penea are found; 74 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 74 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
The surname Penea is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 185,906. In Romania it is primarily found in: Constanța County, where 41 percent live, Dolj County, where 26 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 19 percent live. Outside of Romania this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Penea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Penea has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Penea surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Penea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penea in the Russian language | ||
| Пенеа | penea | - |
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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 Penea
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