Penkner Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Penkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1331:64,0269,907
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Penkner Last Name Facts

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

Penkner is found most frequently in Austria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penkner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. Penkner is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Penkner are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Penkner is most widely held in Austria, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 64,026. In Austria Penkner is most common in: Upper Austria, where 80 percent are found, Vienna, where 13 percent are found and Carinthia, where 6 percent are found. Other than Austria Penkner occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pinkner86182/
Pinckner800/
Penckney800/
Penkna777/
Penkny770/
Pinkney7111,662/
Pienkny71129/
Penknyi7139/
Pinknerová7114/
Penknyy7112/
Pínkney711/
Pienkni711/
Pinckne711/
Pinknez710/
Pinknie710/
Pinknet710/
Pinckney678,379/
Pincknet673/
Penknaya671/
Pinknney671/
Pinckneyh631/
Pinkckney630/
Pinkny6215/
Pinkni622/
Pinkna620/
Pincney573/
Pinknay572/
Pinckny572/
Pimkney571/
Pinknny571/
Pinkniy571/
Pincknay530/

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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 Penkner
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