Pents Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pents Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pents Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine561:812,90581,323
Russia281:5,147,252226,919
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Norway71:734,61250,907
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Pents Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pents (Russian: Пенц) is found in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pents? popularity and diffusion

Pents is the 1,565,797th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Pents occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Pents live; 59 percent live in Eastern Europe and 59 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 812,905. In Ukraine Pents is most prevalent in: Lviv Oblast, where 55 percent are found, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 16 percent are found and Poltava Oblast, where 14 percent are found. Beside Ukraine Pents exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 21 percent are found.

Pents Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pents has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pents last name contracted 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pents Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Pents last name is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ukraine.

Pents earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 10.62% less than the national average, earning 309,343 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pentse9123/
Puents914/
Pent891,150/
Pentsch8348/
Pents'e8311/
Pent'se834/
Pentz804,365/
Pente801,014/
Puent80308/
Penth80265/
Pencs8080/
Pendt8076/
Pfent8074/
Pints8056/
Poent8019/
Pentt8018/
Pennt805/
Pient803/
Paent803/
Pynts802/
Pends801/
Peunt801/
Pehnt801/
Pentsova77311/
Pientsch7718/
Pnt7512/
Pendse731,931/
Pfendt73161/
Penthe73156/
Peentz7310/
Pennte736/
Pentze735/
Pientz733/
Puentz732/
Pennth731/
Pentcz731/
Penntt730/
Pfentz730/
Poentz730/
Penz675,537/
Pint672,280/
Penc67736/
Pend67172/
Pynt67145/
Pintsch6798/
Pünt6744/
Pentova6737/
Pndt673/
Penč672/
Pnds671/
Pentová671/
Pnte671/
Pnth671/
Ppendse671/
Pnnt671/
Pntc671/
Pntx671/

Pents Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pents in the Russian language
Пенцpenc-

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Pents Reference & Research

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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 Pents
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