Peneira Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Peneira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Peñeira (1) are calculated separately.
Peneira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peneira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peneira has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can also be rendered as a variant: Peñeira. For other possible spellings of Peneira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peneira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Peneira is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Peneira live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 1,745,487. In The Philippines Peneira is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 67 percent live, National Capital Region, where 31 percent live and Bicol, where 2 percent live. Barring The Philippines Peneira exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 39 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Peneira
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