Penkins Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Penkins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penkins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Penkins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penkins occurs most in The United States. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penkins? popularity and diffusion

Penkins is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Penkins live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 19,076,786. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 42 percent reside, Alabama, where 5 percent reside and California, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Latvia, where 10 percent reside.

Penkins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Penkins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Penkins last name increased 211 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Penkins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Penkins last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Penkins last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Penkins earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,725 USD per year.

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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 Penkins
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