Penisoara Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Penisoara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 245 | 1:81,950 | 9,604 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Penișoară (65) & Penişoară (5) are calculated separately.
Penisoara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penisoara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penisoara is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Penișoară or Penişoară. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penisoara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 930,678th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. Penisoara occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Penisoara are found; 87 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 87 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 81,950. In Romania it is most frequent in: Vaslui County, where 61 percent reside, Galați County, where 15 percent reside and Iași County, where 11 percent reside. Beside Romania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 9 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Penisoara
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