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 most in Zimbabwe. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peneya? popularity and diffusion
Peneya is the 3,798,600th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Peneya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Peneya reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name internationally, held by 14 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 617,530. In Zimbabwe Peneya is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 64 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 36 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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
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- 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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