Peniford Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Peniford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Peniford Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania941:563,20935,741
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Peniford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peniford has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peniford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Peniford live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 563,209. In Tanzania it is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penifor930/
Piniford8831/
Peneford881/
Penifort881/
Peniphord824/
Penisfore820/
Pinifore752/
Poneford750/
Penifaure7124/
Peneforte712/
Penaheifar671/
Pinefore630/
Pinefort630/
Pinefar531/
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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 Peniford
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