Penu Surname
Approximately 3,861 people bear this surname
Penu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,891 | 1:69,936 | 7,538 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Romania | 438 | 1:45,840 | 5,720 |
| Nigeria | 248 | 1:714,285 | 32,812 |
| India | 168 | 1:4,565,865 | 118,158 |
| Estonia | 100 | 1:13,218 | 2,037 |
| Moldova | 53 | 1:67,196 | 9,093 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Peñu (2) are calculated separately.
Penu (735) may also be a first name.
Penu Demographics
Penu Political Affiliation
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Penu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penu (Bengali: পেনু, Hindi: पेनू, Marathi: पेनू, Oriya: େପନୁ, Russian: Пену, Tibetan: པི་ནུ་) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Peñu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Penu? popularity and diffusion
Penu is the 119,095th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,887,476 people. The surname Penu is primarily found in Asia, where 55 percent of Penu live; 49 percent live in Southeast Asia and 49 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Penu is also the 303,693rd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 735 people.
The surname Penu is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,891 people, or 1 in 69,936. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 87 percent live, Jakarta, where 5 percent live and North Sulawesi, where 3 percent live. Other than Indonesia Penu exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 18 percent live and Romania, where 11 percent live.
Penu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Penu has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Penu last name rose 4,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Penu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Penu surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Penu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 46.86% less than the national average, earning R 126,276 per year and in United States they earn 14.83% less than the national average, earning $36,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Penu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penu in the Tibetan language | ||
| པི་ནུ་ | pinu | - |
| Penu in the Bengali language | ||
| পেনু | penu | - |
| Penu in the Oriya language | ||
| େପନୁ | epanu | - |
| Penu in the Hindi language | ||
| पेनू | penu | 58.33 |
| पेनु | penu | 41.67 |
| Penu in the Marathi language | ||
| पेनू | penu | 57.14 |
| पेणु | penu | 28.57 |
| पेनु | penu | 14.29 |
| Penu in the Russian language | ||
| Пену | penu | - |
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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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- 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 Penu
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