Peniyasi Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Peniyasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 54 | 1:285,893 | 29,291 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
Peniyasi (26) may also be a first name.
Peniyasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peniyasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peniyasi is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Peniyasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Peniyasi is the 2,436,415th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Peniyasi live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 26 people.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 285,893. In Zimbabwe Peniyasi is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 43 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 41 percent are found and Harare Province, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Peniyasi
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