Penual Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Penual Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Penual (27) may also be a first name.
Penual Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penual Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penual occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penual? popularity and diffusion
The surname Penual is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Penual are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Penual is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent forename globally, held by 27 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Adamawa, where 50 percent live and Bauchi, where 50 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live.
Penual Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Penual has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Penual last name declined 50 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 Penual
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