Penong Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Penong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Penong (25) may also be a first name.
Penong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penong occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penong? popularity and diffusion
Penong is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Penong are found; 52 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 52 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Penong is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.
The surname Penong is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Penong is most numerous in: Madang, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 19 percent live.
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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 Penong
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