Penha Surname
Approximately 29,108 people bear this surname
Penha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 27,664 | 1:7,738 | 493 |
| Portugal | 887 | 1:11,745 | 970 |
| United States | 255 | 1:1,421,408 | 97,813 |
| Colombia | 71 | 1:672,874 | 7,889 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 23 | 1:4,799 | 753 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Cape Verde | 11 | 1:48,149 | 1,796 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Penhá (1) are calculated separately.
Penha (6,459) may also be a first name.
Penha Demographics
Average Male Penha Height
173.68 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Penha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penha (Marathi: पेन्हा) occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Penhá. For other possible spellings of Penha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 18,928th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 250,362 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Penha live; 95 percent live in South America and 95 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 81,742nd most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 6,459 people.
The surname Penha is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 27,664 people, or 1 in 7,738. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 20 percent live, Maranhão, where 16 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Not including Brazil Penha occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Penha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Penha are 41.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.74% registered with the party.
The amount Penha earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 19.04% more than the national average, earning $27,024,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.25% more than the national average, earning $45,414 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.97% more than the national average, earning $57,119 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Penha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penha in the Marathi language | ||
| पेन्हा | penha | 56.25 |
| िडपेन्हा | idapenha | 25 |
| डीपेन्हा | dipenha | 12.5 |
| पेना | pena | 6.25 |
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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 Penha
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