Penkel Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Penkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Penkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penkel (Russian: Пенкель) is found in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Penkel.
How Common Is The Last Name Penkel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Penkel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Penkel live; 62 percent live in Eastern Europe and 62 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 2,677,806. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 35 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 24 percent are found and Kiev, where 18 percent are found. Beside Ukraine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penkell | 92 | 0 | / |
| Penkl | 91 | 10 | / |
| Poenckel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pinkel | 83 | 414 | / |
| Pencel | 83 | 26 | / |
| Pynkel | 83 | 13 | / |
| Penkyl | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pnkl | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penchel | 77 | 85 | / |
| Pynckel | 77 | 39 | / |
| Pinkiel | 77 | 6 | / |
| Pencell | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penceel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pinkell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pinkelt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pinkl | 73 | 394 | / |
| Pnkil | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pencil | 67 | 1,198 | / |
| Pincel | 67 | 63 | / |
| Pinkil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinceel | 62 | 249 | / |
| Penchil | 62 | 2 | / |
| Pinquel | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pencill | 62 | 0 | / |
| Pincell | 62 | 0 | / |
| Pnql | 60 | 1 | / |
| Paenquil | 57 | 1 | / |
| Penquilt | 57 | 0 | / |
| Pnclh | 55 | 1 | / |
| Pincil | 50 | 127 | / |
Penkel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penkel in the Russian language | ||
| Пенкель | penkel | - |
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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 Penkel
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