Penkalla Surname

897,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Penkalla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penkalla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1401:575,03946,885
Poland1131:336,36138,482
France391:1,703,147154,208
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Penkalla Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Penkalla Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Penkalla occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penkalla? popularity and diffusion

Penkalla is the 897,852nd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Penkalla live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 575,039. In Germany Penkalla is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 34 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 38 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penkala931,949/
Pinkalla88103/
Penkkala8844/
Penkolla885/
Pengkala881/
Pnkala861/
Penkała80420/
Penkalo8070/
Pinkala8054/
Penkale8022/
Pynkala8018/
Penkola8012/
Pencala803/
Penkela801/
Pengkalo751/
Penkałła751/
Pinkalya751/
Pękala7139/
Pncala711/
Pnkale711/
Pencola6790/
Pinkale6738/
Pynkalo6730/
Pinkela6728/
Pinkalo674/
Pincala671/
Pinkola671/
Pinkała671/
Pencale671/
Pencali671/
Penkolo671/

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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
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  • 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 Penkalla
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