Penhofer Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Penhofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Penhofer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia291:85,78210,816
Austria101:851,54467,454
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Penhofer Last Name Facts

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

Penhofer occurs in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penhofer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Penhofer is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Penhofer reside; 73 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 73 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Penhofer is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 85,782. In Slovenia Penhofer is most numerous in: Mura, where 72 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 28 percent live. Other than Slovenia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 24 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peinhofer9424/
Penhoffer942/
Panhofer88338/
Painhofer8238/
Pannhofer8213/
Penheffer820/
Pfannhofer7839/
Ponhöfer757/
Pannhöfer711/
Pinofe711/
Penoffi672/
Penofio671/
Penafeh671/
Panapher6310/
Peñafier632/
Pannefer631/
Penafa571/
Peñafie532/
Pinaffe531/
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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 Penhofer
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