Penlap Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Penlap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| Thailand | 72 | 1:981,088 | 150,124 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Penlap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penlap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penlap occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penlap? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,017,412th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Penlap live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 119,362. In Cameroon Penlap is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 41 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 29 percent reside and West Region, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 29 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paenlap | 92 | 12 | / |
| Penla | 91 | 30 | / |
| Pinlap | 83 | 162 | / |
| Penlas | 83 | 26 | / |
| Penlau | 83 | 23 | / |
| Paenla | 83 | 5 | / |
| Puenla | 83 | 1 | / |
| Penlah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Penlai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Penlla | 83 | 0 | / |
| Penlay | 83 | 0 | / |
| Penloup | 77 | 281 | / |
| Penlope | 77 | 10 | / |
| Penglia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penllia | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pemla | 73 | 29 | / |
| Penlo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Pinla | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pynla | 73 | 4 | / |
| Phnla | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pennella | 71 | 3,177 | / |
| Pennilla | 71 | 8 | / |
| Penley | 67 | 3,503 | / |
| Penlou | 67 | 74 | / |
| Penlod | 67 | 28 | / |
| Pinlay | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pinlai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Peemla | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pinlas | 67 | 7 | / |
| Puinla | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pnilla | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pnella | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pinlad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pinlla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pienlo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pemlea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Penlap
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