Pentner Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Pentner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pentner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Pentner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pentner is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pentner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pentner is the 2,237,939th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Pentner live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 94 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Germany Pentner is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 17 percent reside and Sweden, where 8 percent reside.

Pentner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pentner has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Pentner surname decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfentner9339/
Peuntner9322/
Peentner939/
Pfendtner8871/
Pentney86597/
Pintner86122/
Penthne861/
Pfaendtner8268/
Pfeundtner821/
Pfintner8011/
Puintner802/
Pfändtner7531/
Pintnerová7141/
Pentnio711/
Pintney710/
Pentimni6714/
Pentemni674/
Pentenna671/
Pintna622/
Pintinni531/

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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 Pentner
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