Penshen Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Penshen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penshen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Penshen (8) may also be a first name.

Penshen Last Name Facts

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

Penshen (Russian: Пеньшен) occurs most in Russia. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penshen? popularity and diffusion

Penshen is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Penshen are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Penshen is also the 4,213,784th most frequent first name globally, held by 8 people.

It is most widely held in Russia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 36,030,764. In Russia Penshen is most common in: Volgograd Oblast, where 75 percent are found and Voronezh Oblast, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Russia Penshen is found in one country. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Penshen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Penshen in the Russian language
Пеньшенpensen-

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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 Penshen
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