Penneh Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Penneh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penneh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1931:22,8422,254
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Penneh (35) may also be a first name.

Penneh Last Name Facts

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

Penneh is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penneh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,095,216th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Penneh live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name globally, borne by 35 people.

The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 22,842. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Margibi County, where 60 percent live, Montserrado County, where 19 percent live and Bong County, where 12 percent live. Other than Liberia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 9 percent live and Ghana, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pennieh921/
Penne911,925/
Penner8332,337/
Penney8322,413/
Pennie832,193/
Pennes83276/
Pienne83240/
Pennet83213/
Pennea8341/
Pinneh8316/
Pennee833/
Penneu832/
Pengne832/
Puenne831/
Pennez830/
Pennei830/
Pfenne830/
Pneh8013/
Pnne801/
Pennett77319/
Pengnet7774/
Penneys7739/
Penness7732/
Pfenner778/
Pennish775/
Pennich773/
Pengnie772/
Pfennes771/
Penniey771/
Pennets771/
Piennie770/
Penny7334,716/
Penna7326,044/
Pinne73563/
Penni73401/
Penné7356/
Pynne7333/
Pennè7322/
Pinnh731/
Pemne731/
Pnner730/
Pfennich71240/
Pinney676,804/
Pinner674,890/
Pennay67380/
Pinnet67144/
Pünner6756/
Pennis6744/
Pinnes6724/
Pengni6723/
Pinnie6722/
Pönner6722/
Pne6714/
Pnh6712/
Pionne6711/
Pennio6711/
Pennyy677/
Penniz677/
Pienna675/
Pennaa675/
Pienny674/
Pennoi674/
Pingne672/
Peenna672/
Pennip671/
Pennai671/
Penniy671/
Pfenni671/
Phnney671/
Pinneu671/
Pemnje671/
Pennni671/
Pinned671/
Pinnee671/
Pinnea670/
Peenny670/

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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 Penneh
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