Penial Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Penial Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penial Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Penial (75) may also be a first name.

Penial Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penial is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penial? popularity and diffusion

Penial is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Penial reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,116,575th most widespread first name internationally, held by 75 people.

The surname Penial is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East New Britain, where 33 percent reside, Gulf, where 33 percent reside and New Ireland, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peniale9210/
Pengial928/
Peenhial861/
Peniol8330/
Penhal8311/
Panial837/
Pinial834/
Penyal832/
Peneal831/
Penhall771,025/
Pegnall7761/
Penhaul7716/
Penjale7710/
Panihal772/
Panjial772/
Ponihal771/
Penjahl771/
Pieniał771/
Peenhal771/
Penhail770/
Piñal73195/
Peñal7323/
Panniall710/
Panjal674,980/
Pinhal672,314/
Pignal67282/
Pinyal67216/
Pinjal67153/
Penjol67139/
Peignault67105/
Piniol6755/
Ponyal6723/
Penyol6714/
Paniol678/
Pineal673/
Poniol673/
Pegnol671/

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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 Penial
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