Pengana Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Central African Republic

Pengana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pengana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Pengana (9) may also be a first name.

Pengana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pengana is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pengana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pengana is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Pengana occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Pengana reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most numerous given name globally, held by 9 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 67 percent live, Edo, where 17 percent live and Kano, where 17 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Central African Republic, where 11 percent live and The Philippines, where 11 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
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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 Pengana
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