Penow Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Penow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Penow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penow occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Penow is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Penow live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Penow is most common in Germany, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Penow is most common in: Hesse, where 100 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Penow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Penow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Penow surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phenow | 91 | 124 | / |
| Pienow | 91 | 16 | / |
| Peinow | 91 | 5 | / |
| Pesnow | 91 | 1 | / |
| Penows | 91 | 0 | / |
| Penhowe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Phetnow | 83 | 2 | / |
| Penhowa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Penov | 80 | 1,502 | / |
| Pinow | 80 | 229 | / |
| Panow | 80 | 170 | / |
| Ponow | 80 | 78 | / |
| Penaw | 80 | 27 | / |
| Penof | 80 | 6 | / |
| Penova | 73 | 1,368 | / |
| Peunov | 73 | 260 | / |
| Penoff | 73 | 146 | / |
| Pengov | 73 | 70 | / |
| Peynov | 73 | 27 | / |
| Paenov | 73 | 13 | / |
| Petnov | 73 | 10 | / |
| Penawe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Peinov | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pannow | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pfinow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pienov | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pinowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pesnov | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peneuw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peynova | 67 | 30 | / |
| Peinhof | 67 | 8 | / |
| Penhoff | 67 | 5 | / |
| Penhopf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pgenoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pengova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peinova | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Penow
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