Penpen Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Penpen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 215 | 1:615,113 | 48,757 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Penpeñ (1) are calculated separately.
Penpen (142) may also be a first name.
Penpen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penpen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penpen is found most in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Penpeñ. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penpen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,058,336th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Penpen are found; 91 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 91 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 775,413th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 142 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 615,113. In Indonesia it is most common in: Bali, where 94 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 3 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 3 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Penpen
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