Penwald Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Penwald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penwald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Penwald Last Name Facts

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

Penwald occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penwald? popularity and diffusion

The surname Penwald is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Penwald live; 71 percent live in Australasia and 71 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,748,925. In Australia Penwald is mostly concentrated in: Western Australia, where 100 percent live. Aside from Australia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live and New Zealand, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penwal922/
Penwall866/
Penwale861/
Phnwal7720/
Pinwal774/
Penual773/
Pnhwal771/
Pennual712/
Pengnual6723/
Paennual675/
Puennual671/
Pinual6234/
Pembal621/
Pynbal621/
Pimnual579/
Pionual572/
Pinball571/
Pinualt571/
Pinbold570/
Pingnual537/
Pimbeault501/

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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 Penwald
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