Penhey Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Penhey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
Penhey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penhey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penhey occurs in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penhey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Penhey live; 66 percent live in Australasia and 66 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
Penhey is most commonly used in New Zealand, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 188,680. In New Zealand Penhey is most frequent in: Wellington Region, where 71 percent live, Waikato Region, where 25 percent live and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 4 percent live. Besides New Zealand Penhey occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 29 percent live.
Penhey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Penhey has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Penhey surname increased 111 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Penhey
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