Penold Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Penold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria111:774,13064,097
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Penold Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penold occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penold? popularity and diffusion

Penold is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Penold live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Austria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 774,130. In Austria it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Austria, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Austria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.

Penold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Penold has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Penold last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phenold921/
Pengold920/
Penol91260/
Peynolds860/
Pengol8323/
Phenol833/
Penolt832/
Pienol832/
Pegnol831/
Pesnol831/
Penoll831/
Penald831/
Penole831/
Penoil830/
Ponhold7771/
Phenald7745/
Painold7722/
Pannold7713/
Pingold773/
Penholt772/
Pegnole772/
Penauld771/
Penhole771/
Pienoël771/
Phetnol771/
Peamnol771/
Phenhol770/
Pinol731,511/
Penal73118/
Penolova711/
Paingold711/
Pingol679,097/
Pignol672,805/
Penale67252/
Pengal67206/
Ponald67100/
Pinhol6794/
Pinoul6722/
Puinol6711/
Penhal6711/
Phenal679/
Pinole676/
Paynol675/
Peenal674/
Penall674/
Pyngol673/
Peinal672/
Painol672/
Pehnal672/
Pénoël671/
Pinolt671/
Peanal671/
Peneul671/
Penalt671/
Peñgol671/
Petnal671/
Panolt670/

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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 Penold
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