Penel Surname

179,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Penel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2,0931:31,7363,860
Belgium581:198,21826,032
Haiti491:218,0398,036
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Switzerland401:205,32317,881
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

The alternate forms: Pénel (1) are calculated separately.

Penel (472) may also be a first name.

Penel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Penel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Penel is found most in France. It can be rendered as: Pénel. For other potential spellings of Penel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 179,849th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,073,617 people. The surname Penel is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Penel reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 391,811th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 472 people.

This last name is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 2,093 people, or 1 in 31,736. In France Penel is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 31 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 28 percent live and Île-de-France, where 15 percent live. Apart from France Penel exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Haiti, where 2 percent live.

Penel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Penel last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Penel earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 43.91% less than the national average, earning R 133,296 per year and in United States they earn 18.81% less than the national average, earning $35,033 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pénel931/
Penuel911,924/
Peniel911,221/
Pesnel911,040/
Penell9159/
Peinel9145/
Penoel9125/
Petnel9115/
Pienel916/
Phenel912/
Penelt911/
Peneul911/
Pesnell83742/
Peinelt83665/
Pehnelt8357/
Penuell8351/
Pienoel8328/
Phennel8323/
Phenuel8318/
Peinell837/
Pienell834/
Pheniel832/
Paenell831/
Peeniel831/
Penaell831/
Peneșel831/
Peinael831/
Peeneel831/
Peunell830/
Peanell830/
Peasnel830/
Pegnell830/
Pinel8012,409/
Panel801,220/
Peinl8065/
Ponel8061/
Penil8021/
Pynel801/
Penelova77184/
Peasnell77152/
Poehnell7728/
Peenhele771/
Phennell771/
Pinell732,534/
Piniel732,157/
Paniel73531/
Panuel73339/
Panell73277/
Pannel73263/
Painel73206/
Paynel7393/
Phenil7389/
Pignel7380/
Petnil7364/
Penill7350/
Pineul7345/
Paneel7343/
Pinuel7335/
Peniol7330/
Poniel7327/
Pengil7325/
Ponnel7316/
Penyol7314/
Ponell7313/
Pohnel7313/
Phanel737/
Pinoel735/
Pynell733/
Poinel733/
Pisnel733/
Pinelh732/
Pynhel732/
Phinel731/
Panael731/
Panoel731/
Pahnel731/
Panelė731/
Peñuel731/
Phenyl731/
Pitnel731/
Petnll731/
Pegnil730/
Pannell6713,662/
Phanuel675,425/
Phengli67713/
Pahnael67272/
Paisnel67268/
Poisnel67263/
Panl67182/
Phetnil67128/
Pahanel6782/
Phaniel6752/
Panneel6746/
Phineul6731/
Ponl6717/
Pitnell6717/
Panniel6717/
Ponnell6714/
Phanoel676/
Painell675/
Puisnel675/
Paynell672/
Pethnil672/
Poinell671/
Pengill671/
Piniell671/
Paineel671/
Paniell671/
Painele671/
Pohnell671/
Phinnel671/
Phiniel671/
Puinell670/
Phinell670/
Paynele670/

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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
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  • 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 Penel
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