Pensah Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Pensah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Pensah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pensah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pensah is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pensah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Pensah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Pensah live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Beside Ghana it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pensa | 91 | 4,424 | / |
| Pensas | 83 | 95 | / |
| Pensia | 83 | 55 | / |
| Pensha | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pensau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pensap | 83 | 1 | / |
| Penssa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pensat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pensho | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pensad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pnsa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Pinsach | 77 | 170 | / |
| Penjaha | 77 | 24 | / |
| Pensaid | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pynshah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penshad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Piensia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Piensai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Penshey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pensoth | 77 | 0 | / |
| Penso | 73 | 3,835 | / |
| Penza | 73 | 3,207 | / |
| Penca | 73 | 1,078 | / |
| Penxa | 73 | 678 | / |
| Pinsa | 73 | 299 | / |
| Penja | 73 | 71 | / |
| Penschau | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pencea | 67 | 1,218 | / |
| Pinsai | 67 | 244 | / |
| Pinsat | 67 | 105 | / |
| Penzai | 67 | 71 | / |
| Pensoy | 67 | 68 | / |
| Pennza | 67 | 67 | / |
| Penxho | 67 | 60 | / |
| Pinsay | 67 | 35 | / |
| Pengia | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pensso | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pienso | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pencho | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pienza | 67 | 24 | / |
| Pencha | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pensot | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pencai | 67 | 13 | / |
| Penjos | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pensio | 67 | 10 | / |
| Penzoh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Penxha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Penjho | 67 | 7 | / |
| Paenza | 67 | 7 | / |
| Penjai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Penzay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pinsad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pinsas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Penzia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Poenza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pinsha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pensco | 67 | 3 | / |
| Penzas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pynsia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pensey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pinsau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pendja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pinsia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pemsap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penjap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penjoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pensos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pensou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinsoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pimsah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peenja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penjay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penjad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pensuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pencay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penzea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pentca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pensão | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pengea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pensah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis