Pennen Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pennen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pennen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Pennen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pennen is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pennen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Pennen occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Pennen reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Pennen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 888,799. In The Netherlands Pennen is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 84 percent reside, Drenthe, where 5 percent reside and Limburg, where 5 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.

Pennen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pennen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pennuen9298/
Pennent9215/
Penneng920/
Pinnen83105/
Pennem83104/
Pennin8335/
Pnen803/
Penning777,380/
Pennina778/
Pennind775/
Pinnent774/
Pinneen772/
Pennion772/
Pennint772/
Pengnin772/
Pfennin771/
Pfenning712,081/
Penningh7143/
Pennynck717/
Pynnønen711/
Pennning711/
Peenning711/
Pinnem67277/
Pinnin67153/
Pennim674/
Pfeenning671/
P'Neng671/
Pinning62240/
Pinnion6256/
Pinnint6216/
Pengnim6211/
Pinnina622/
Pinnyon620/
Pnin6027/
Pnem6017/
Pnyn601/
Pfinning570/
Pnina5520/
Pnyng553/
Phnem551/
Pnyon551/
Phnin551/
Pinnim509/
Pinñin508/
Phnoen501/

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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 Pennen
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