Penglas Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nicaragua
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Penglas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penglas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nicaragua2121:28,4011,114
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Penglas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penglas is carried by more people in Nicaragua than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penglas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Penglas is the 1,115,011th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Penglas live; 99 percent live in Central America and 99 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

The surname Penglas is most commonly used in Nicaragua, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 28,401. In Nicaragua it is most common in: North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 73 percent live, Managua Department, where 11 percent live and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Nicaragua this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Costa Rica, where 1 percent live and Honduras, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penglase93431/
Penglass9317/
Pengla92157/
Paengla86105/
Penglai8692/
Penglau8615/
Penglay862/
Penglap861/
Penglad861/
Puengla861/
Paenglha801/
Puenglay801/
Penglace800/
Pingla77255/
Penguilla750/
Pinglay7163/
Pengluo7149/
Pinglai715/
Pengloh714/
Pengley711/
Pengloy711/
Pengloi711/
Penglei711/
Pinglau711/
Pinglaux6733/
Pinglaut6714/
Pingella671/
Pingilla671/
Pinghlia671/
Pengilley63593/
Pengelley63236/
Pinguella6315/
Pinghella631/
Pinglo62818/
Phnglo6220/
Pimgla621/
Pingley57634/
Pinglot5773/
Pinglei572/
Pingilley5082/
Pinguello5066/
Pingoello503/
Pingelley501/

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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 Penglas
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