Penichault Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Penichault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penichault Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France241:2,767,613196,808
Saint Pierre and Miquelon11:6,399357

The alternate forms: Pénichault (1) are calculated separately.

Penichault Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penichault has its highest incidence in France. It can also be found as: Pénichault. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penichault? popularity and diffusion

Penichault is the 3,957,383rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Penichault occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Penichault live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most common in France, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,767,613. In France Penichault is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 71 percent live and Île-de-France, where 29 percent live. Beside France Penichault occurs in one country. It is also found in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, where 4 percent live.

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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 Penichault
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