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 has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Penther click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penther? popularity and diffusion
Penther is the 699,651st most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Penther live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 335 people, or 1 in 240,315. In Germany Penther is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 27 percent live, Hamburg, where 15 percent live and Brandenburg, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname occurs 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 bearing the Penther surname declined 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
- 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 Penther
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