Penelea Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Penelea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 86 | 1:233,464 | 22,424 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Penelea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penelea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penelea is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penelea? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,967,751st most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Penelea reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 233,464. In Romania Penelea is most prevalent in: Vaslui County, where 50 percent reside, Bacău County, where 37 percent reside and Iași County, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Romania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Penelea
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