Peniasi Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

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

Peniasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peniasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea531:153,84421,244
Zimbabwe251:617,53046,943
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Peniasi (717) may also be a first name.

Peniasi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peniasi has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Peniasi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peniasi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Peniasi is the 2,106,139th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Peniasi live; 68 percent live in Oceania Islands and 66 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 308,274th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 717 people.

Peniasi is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 153,844. In Papua New Guinea Peniasi is most numerous in: Milne Bay, where 87 percent are found, National Capital District, where 8 percent are found and East New Britain, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent are found and Fiji, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peniasih9340/
Phenihasi881/
Penhasi8620/
Paniasi869/
Piniasi868/
Peniase862/
Poniasih80131/
Piniasih8087/
Paniasih805/
Phiniasi803/
Phenyasi801/
Peniasse801/
Penyasit801/
Phenehasi755/
Phinihasi752/
Pinhasi7150/
Penioza7122/
Penyase7121/
Poniase714/
Peniosa712/
Pinyasi711/
Paniazi711/
Panyasai673,015/
Pinhassi671,119/
Poniaseh6711/
Panjasih678/
Phiniasy674/
Phinyasi673/
Pieniacy672/
Ponyasei671/
Panjasai671/
Pinjashi671/
Pinhashi671/
Pheniacy671/
Ponyashi671/

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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 Peniasi
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