Penička Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Penička Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 166 | 1:32,147 | 5,747 |
| Czechia | 31 | 1:343,015 | 41,724 |
The alternate forms: Pěnička (485) & Penicka (77) are calculated separately.
Penička Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penička Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penička is found most frequently in Slovakia. It may also be found as: Pěnička or Penicka. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penička? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,198,640th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Penička are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most common in Slovakia, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 32,147. In Slovakia Penička is primarily found in: Žilina Region, where 92 percent live, Banská Bystrica Region, where 4 percent live and Trnava Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Slovakia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 16 percent live.
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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 Penička
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