Penović Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Penović Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 249 | 1:16,982 | 3,438 |
| Montenegro | 13 | 1:49,197 | 3,233 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Penovic (18) are calculated separately.
Penović Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penović Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penović is found most frequently in Croatia. It may occur as a variant: Penovic. For other possible spellings of Penović click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penović? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 978,274th most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname Penović occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Penović reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most common in Croatia, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 16,982. In Croatia Penović is most frequent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 70 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 8 percent reside and Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 8 percent reside. Beside Croatia Penović is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Montenegro, where 5 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penovic | 95 | 18 | / |
| Pejnović | 93 | 951 | / |
| Peinović | 93 | 42 | / |
| Panović | 86 | 978 | / |
| Penavić | 86 | 265 | / |
| Penovich | 80 | 209 | / |
| Pejnovic | 80 | 97 | / |
| Pingović | 80 | 13 | / |
| Peinovic | 80 | 7 | / |
| Pejnovič | 80 | 4 | / |
| Penovici | 80 | 2 | / |
| Peinovich | 75 | 79 | / |
| Pejnovich | 75 | 14 | / |
| Peanovich | 75 | 7 | / |
| Peynovich | 75 | 6 | / |
| Penavic | 71 | 36 | / |
| Pinević | 71 | 8 | / |
| Panavić | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinovich | 67 | 7 | / |
| Panovits | 67 | 3 | / |
| Penowich | 67 | 3 | / |
| Painovich | 63 | 46 | / |
| Paynovich | 63 | 20 | / |
| Peinovych | 63 | 1 | / |
| Panovitsch | 59 | 2 | / |
| Panowicz | 53 | 777 | / |
| Panowitz | 53 | 109 | / |
| Panovets | 53 | 5 | / |
| Pinavich | 53 | 3 | / |
| Ponowicz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Penewitz | 53 | 0 | / |
| Pannowitz | 50 | 71 | / |
| Pannevits | 50 | 7 | / |
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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
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- 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 Penović
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