Penther Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Penther Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 335 | 1:240,315 | 26,354 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Penther Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penther Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penther is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penther? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 699,651st most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. The last name Penther occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Penther are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Penther is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 240,315. In Germany it is most numerous in: Saxony, where 27 percent live, Hamburg, where 15 percent live and Brandenburg, where 14 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 6 percent live and Denmark, where 5 percent live.
Penther Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Penther has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Penther last name contracted 14 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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