Peneta Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Peneta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
The alternate forms: Peñeta (1) are calculated separately.
Peneta (34) may also be a first name.
Peneta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peneta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peneta is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Peñeta. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peneta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Peneta is the 4,532,898th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Peneta occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Peneta reside; 74 percent reside in South America and 74 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 34 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 15,291,024. In Brazil Peneta is mostly concentrated in: Espírito Santo, where 50 percent live, São Paulo, where 29 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 21 percent live. Barring Brazil it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 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 Peneta
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