Penselin Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Penselin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penselin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Penselin Last Name Facts

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

Penselin has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Penselin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Penselin reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Penselin is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 44 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 33 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Penselin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Penselin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Penselin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Penselin are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Penselin earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.67% less than the national average, earning $35,092 USD per year.

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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 Penselin
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