Peneya Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Peneya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Peneya (14) may also be a first name.
Peneya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peneya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peneya (Marathi: पेनेया) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Peneya.
How Common Is The Last Name Peneya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Peneya is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Peneya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Peneya live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Peneya is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 617,530. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 64 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 36 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peneya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peneya in the Marathi language | ||
| पेनेया | peneya | - |
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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 Peneya
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