Peninah Surname
Approximately 632 people bear this surname
Peninah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 586 | 1:78,805 | 7,317 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Peninah (49,587) may also be a first name.
Peninah Demographics
Peninah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Peninah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peninah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peninah is found most in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Peninah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 515,938th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,530,927 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Peninah live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Peninah is also the 18,628th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 49,587 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 586 people, or 1 in 78,805. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kitui County, where 24 percent live, Kajiado County, where 17 percent live and West Pokot County, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Peninah is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Peninah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penina | 92 | 2,008 | / |
| Pesnina | 86 | 72 | / |
| Peninga | 86 | 38 | / |
| Pengina | 86 | 6 | / |
| Peniona | 86 | 6 | / |
| Peunina | 86 | 4 | / |
| Phenina | 86 | 2 | / |
| Peninas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pininah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Paninah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peninai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peneina | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pienina | 86 | 1 | / |
| Penhinho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penengah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Panina | 77 | 29,132 | / |
| Penino | 77 | 567 | / |
| Pinina | 77 | 206 | / |
| Ponina | 77 | 202 | / |
| Penyna | 77 | 49 | / |
| Pynina | 77 | 38 | / |
| Penuna | 77 | 18 | / |
| Penena | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pinitnath | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pingina | 71 | 548 | / |
| Peninoy | 71 | 390 | / |
| Pininga | 71 | 335 | / |
| Peninou | 71 | 91 | / |
| Phenena | 71 | 34 | / |
| Penenga | 71 | 28 | / |
| Pannina | 71 | 17 | / |
| Pesnyna | 71 | 7 | / |
| Panenah | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pininas | 71 | 3 | / |
| Paninha | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pininho | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ponnina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Peneyna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pionina | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peningo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Paenyna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paynina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pponina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panhina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panaina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penigno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paninau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paninoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pengena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pegnena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pengino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poneina | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pinijnai | 67 | 94 | / |
| Phininga | 67 | 22 | / |
| Penehyna | 67 | 4 | / |
| Penyonga | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peñna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peniongo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pinitnai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penignos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Panineau | 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
- 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 Peninah
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