Penef Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Penef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 56 | 1:358,533 | 30,627 |
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Penef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penef is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Penef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penef? popularity and diffusion
The last name Penef is the 2,091,648th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Penef live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Penef is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 358,533. In Romania it is primarily found in: Giurgiu County, where 98 percent reside and Ilfov County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Romania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 30 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peneff | 91 | 154 | / |
| Pheneuf | 83 | 11 | / |
| Pheneff | 83 | 0 | / |
| Penev | 80 | 9,153 | / |
| Penew | 80 | 15 | / |
| Penif | 80 | 4 | / |
| Peneb | 80 | 3 | / |
| Phenewff | 77 | 0 | / |
| Peneva | 73 | 9,556 | / |
| Pesnev | 73 | 114 | / |
| Paneff | 73 | 36 | / |
| Peneev | 73 | 13 | / |
| Peniff | 73 | 5 | / |
| Paneuf | 73 | 3 | / |
| Petnev | 73 | 3 | / |
| Phanef | 73 | 2 | / |
| Peneuw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peniev | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponnef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peinev | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phaneuf | 67 | 5,366 | / |
| Poineuf | 67 | 57 | / |
| Ponneff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peyneva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaneyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaneef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaneaf | 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
- 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 Penef
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