Penma Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Penma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Penma (60) may also be a first name.

Penma Last Name Facts

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

Penma (Hindi: पेंमा, Marathi: पेन्मा) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Penma.

How Common Is The Last Name Penma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Penma is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Penma live; 82 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Penma is also the 1,270,172nd most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 60 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent are found and Scotland, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paenma91152/
Penmau91124/
Penmas9111/
Penmat918/
Paenmai83127/
Penmats8323/
Peenmaa8312/
Penmach833/
Penmasp831/
Pemma80699/
Penmi8029/
Pinma8015/
Penme808/
Pynma801/
Penmo801/
Penmaths775/
Penmit73168/
Paenmi7379/
Pinmat7342/
Pemmaa7322/
Penmer7310/
Pinmas739/
Penmee735/
Penmou733/
Pemmas732/
Pinmai731/
Penmed731/
Penmet731/
Pennmo731/
Pemmad731/
Peenme731/
Pinmad731/
Peemma731/
Penmatsch711/
Penmets6725/
Penmest673/
Paenmee671/
Pnmj671/
Pnmeaux671/
Pemmast671/

Penma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Penma in the Hindi language
पेंमाpemma-
Penma in the Marathi language
पेन्माpenma-

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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 Penma
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