Penene Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Penene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Lesotho151:135,50412,442
Botswana41:546,73222,624
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Penene (105) may also be a first name.

Penene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penene occurs most in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penene? popularity and diffusion

The surname Penene is the 3,228,735th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Penene is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Penene live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 105 people.

The last name Penene is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 3,186,924. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 82 percent live, Free State, where 6 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Other than South Africa Penene occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 41 percent live and Botswana, where 11 percent live.

Penene Last Name Statistics demography

Penene earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.6% less than the national average, earning R 34,224 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pengene92919/
Pegnene9235/
Penenge9230/
Phenene921/
Peneane921/
Peneine920/
Pegneney862/
Penane83596/
Penone83240/
Penine8369/
Panene8328/
Peneni837/
Penean837/
Pengen836/
Penena835/
Pinene833/
Peneny831/
Penyne831/
Penein831/
Penhen830/
Phenena7734/
Peniten7733/
Phonene7730/
Peingen775/
Peineni774/
Painene773/
Penaane773/
Peneyna772/
Penehyn772/
Petnean772/
Peynean772/
Panenee772/
Petneni771/
Pieneni771/
Phenhen771/
Puinene771/
Penione771/
Peneten771/
Penenoy771/
Peneing771/
Peneina771/
Phenane771/
Penehem771/
Penoney771/
Pinenge771/
Penaine770/
Penehyna714/
Phetnean711/
Pethnean711/
Penesing711/
Pignenet711/
Paenjney711/
Penessin710/
Penayner710/
Pyneni67156/
Penini67102/
Pineni6746/
Pengin6745/
Penain6735/
Penijn6714/
Pineun6713/
Pinena6711/
Peñane674/
Pinean674/
Pinein672/
Penoin671/
Peneña671/
Penañe671/
Pineny671/
Peniny671/
Penhyn671/

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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 Penene
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