Penum Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Penum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Penum Last Name Facts

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

Penum is found most frequently in India. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Penum live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Penum is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 88 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 13 percent reside. Outside of India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pengum913/
Pegnum913/
Penume911/
Phetnum83104/
Petnoum836/
Peatnum831/
Peannum831/
Peamnum831/
Phengum831/
Panum80345/
Penun80104/
Pinum8035/
Ponum805/
Penom804/
Pynum800/
Phengnum77275/
Phetnaum771/
Pannum73554/
Poinum7318/
Petnun7310/
Panhum739/
Ponoum738/
Ponnum737/
Pengun736/
Pijnum735/
Pinhum734/
Peanun733/
Pionum733/
Panaum733/
Phenom732/
Penhun731/
Penung731/
Pinaum731/
Pitnum731/
Phonum731/
Ponaum731/
Peangnaum711/
Phengun67342/
Phennun6790/
Phannum6737/
Painhum6733/
Phetnun6720/
Peinung6713/
Penhune6710/
Pengoun679/
Peenung678/
Pannoum678/
Pannaum675/
Pahanum674/
Phonoum672/
Phimnum671/
Pinhoum671/
Pienoun671/
Pethnun671/
Panneum671/
Painaum671/
Penoung671/
Pengaun671/

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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 Penum
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