Penkese Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Penkese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penkese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Lesotho31:677,51919,546

Penkese Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penkese occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Penkese.

How Common Is The Last Name Penkese? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Penkese are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Penkese is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Penkese is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 84 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Western Cape, where 3 percent reside. Besides South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 9 percent reside.

Penkese Last Name Statistics demography

Penkese earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.51% less than the national average, earning R 181,776 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penkes9211/
Pengkes861/
Pienkes861/
Penkess861/
Penkies860/
Piengkes804/
Pienkose801/
Penkkees801/
Pinkes77185/
Penkis7756/
Pences777/
Pnkesh771/
Penques71138/
Pinkesz7146/
Pinkess7137/
Pinkesh7125/
Pinckes7122/
Pinkies7113/
Penches7111/
Penkeci713/
Penkech712/
Pinkest711/
Pingkes711/
Pencise711/
Penkhesova711/
Penkiss710/
Pienkosi671/
Pinkeshi671/
Pinkesha671/
Pinchese670/

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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 Penkese
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