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 is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Penlap click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penlap? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,017,412th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Penlap live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 119,362. In Cameroon Penlap is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 41 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 23 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 29 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Penlap
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis