Penichou Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Penichou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Pénichou (2) are calculated separately.
Penichou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penichou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penichou is most common in France. It may occur as a variant: Pénichou. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penichou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Penichou is the 2,436,415th most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Penichou live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 1,107,045. In France it is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 57 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 20 percent live and Île-de-France, where 10 percent live. Outside of France this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Morocco, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pénichou | 96 | 2 | / |
| Penichoux | 94 | 65 | / |
| Peynichou | 94 | 51 | / |
| Penichout | 94 | 22 | / |
| Penicho | 93 | 29 | / |
| Peynichoux | 89 | 4 | / |
| Peynichout | 89 | 3 | / |
| Penichot | 88 | 11 | / |
| Penico | 86 | 61 | / |
| Penichost | 82 | 44 | / |
| Penetchou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Penichaud | 82 | 1 | / |
| Panicho | 80 | 29 | / |
| Phenico | 80 | 29 | / |
| Pinicho | 80 | 21 | / |
| Penicha | 80 | 3 | / |
| Penucho | 80 | 3 | / |
| Penicau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penecho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phenicu | 80 | 0 | / |
| Penichault | 78 | 25 | / |
| Panechou | 75 | 586 | / |
| Penicios | 75 | 6 | / |
| Pénichot | 75 | 3 | / |
| Penissou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Penitcha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Penica | 71 | 218 | / |
| Peniso | 71 | 8 | / |
| Penjho | 71 | 7 | / |
| Penijo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Penixo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pinico | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pénichost | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pinijchop | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penicó | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinidchot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinitchop | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phinitchop | 67 | 55 | / |
| Pienica | 67 | 41 | / |
| Penisah | 67 | 26 | / |
| Panicha | 67 | 24 | / |
| Panucho | 67 | 15 | / |
| Penioso | 67 | 13 | / |
| Penisio | 67 | 13 | / |
| Penucha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Peniosa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pinicha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pénichault | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penicia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panecho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Penichou
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