Penoit Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Penoit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Penoit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penoit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penoit is most common in Belgium. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penoit? popularity and diffusion
Penoit is the 4,307,654th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Penoit live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 605,087. In Belgium Penoit is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 95 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Belgium it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Luxembourg, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Penoit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Penoit has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Penoit last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Penoit
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