Peninnah Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Peninnah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 112 | 1:412,321 | 22,772 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Peninnah (4,459) may also be a first name.
Peninnah Demographics
Average Peninnah Salary in
United States
$29,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Peninnah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peninnah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peninnah occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peninnah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,565,797th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Peninnah live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Peninnah is also the 103,139th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 4,459 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 412,321. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kitui County, where 63 percent live, Makueni County, where 30 percent live and Kajiado County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Peninnah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Peninnah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year.
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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 Peninnah
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