Penninah Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Penninah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penninah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya231:2,007,82236,224
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Penninah (6,770) may also be a first name.

Penninah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penninah is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penninah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Penninah are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 79,296th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 6,770 people.

It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,007,822. In Kenya Penninah is most prevalent in: Kitui County, where 39 percent are found, Makueni County, where 39 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 4 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pennina938/
Penninga88640/
Penninas880/
Pennino804,022/
Pinnina802/
Pennena801/
Pnina7720/
Pennenga7548/
Pinninai751/
Pinnionga7186/
Pnineas671/
Pinnena531/

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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 Penninah
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