Pens Surname

516,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 631 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Pens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3341:640,94123,744
Venezuela801:377,5517,975
Argentina601:712,39048,679
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

The alternate forms: Peñs (1) are calculated separately.

Pens (86) may also be a first name.

Pens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pens (Marathi: पेन्स, Russian: Пенс) is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also be found as: Peñs. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 516,587th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,549,201 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Pens reside; 74 percent reside in South America and 53 percent reside in Luso-South America. Pens is also the 1,032,266th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 86 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 334 people, or 1 in 640,941. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 72 percent live, Paraná, where 10 percent live and Amazonas, where 7 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 13 percent live and Argentina, where 10 percent live.

Pens Last Name Statistics demography

Pens earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.43% less than the national average, earning R 98,784 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peñs921/
Peens892,702/
Pense891,748/
Piens891,287/
Penns89146/
Pehns8960/
Poens8945/
Paens891/
Pensd890/
Penss890/
Pns8643/
Peense8092/
Pensch8069/
Pensse8010/
Penshe801/
Pennse800/
Penz755,537/
Pins75860/
Pöns753/
Ppns752/
Penx752/
Pems751/
Hpns751/
Pfns751/
Pnss751/
Phns751/
Pyns750/
Pensova7332/
Pence6717,154/
Penze676,901/
Pençe67496/
Pienz67167/
Peenz67145/
Pench6770/
Pinse6762/
Penje6756/
Pinås6743/
Pions6729/
Pinns6725/
Paenz678/
Pähns677/
Phnse671/
Pennz671/
Pinsh671/
Pinsz671/
Puuns671/
Penzt670/

Pens Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pens in the Marathi language
पेन्सpensa-
Pens in the Russian language
Пенсpens-

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Pens Reference & Research

Pentz FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Pens
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