Penelon Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Penelon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penelon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2891:229,83635,639
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Pénelon (5) are calculated separately.

Penelon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penelon is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Pénelon. For other possible spellings of Penelon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penelon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 874,560th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. The surname Penelon is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Penelon reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 229,836. In France Penelon is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 51 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 13 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 11 percent live. Not including France this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.

Penelon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Penelon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Penelon last name rose 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Penelon Last Name Statistics demography

Penelon earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 45.52% more than the national average, earning $62,792 USD per year.

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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 Penelon
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