Penie Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Penie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 53 | 1:83,180 | 6,894 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Penié (1) & Pénié (1) are calculated separately.
Penie (322) may also be a first name.
Penie Demographics
Penie Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Penie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penie (Russian: Пение) occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Penié or Pénié. Click here to see other potential spellings of Penie.
How Common Is The Last Name Penie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,348,199th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Penie live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Penie is also the 488,964th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 322 people.
It is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 83,180. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 92 percent live, Margibi County, where 2 percent live and Sinoe County, where 2 percent live. Not including Liberia it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 30 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent live.
Penie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Penie has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Penie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Penie last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
Penie earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.55% less than the national average, earning R 27,204 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Penie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penie in the Russian language | ||
| Пение | penie | - |
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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 Penie
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