Peny Surname
Approximately 1,184 people bear this surname
Peny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 539 | 1:123,233 | 18,675 |
| Indonesia | 449 | 1:294,542 | 26,249 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 143 | 1:351,180 | 26,857 |
The alternate forms: Pény (1) are calculated separately.
Peny (2,917) may also be a first name.
Peny Demographics
Peny Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Peny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peny (Marathi: पेन्य) has its highest incidence in France. It can be found as: Pény. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peny? popularity and diffusion
Peny is the 316,633rd most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,155,022 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Peny are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 47 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Peny is also the 134,446th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 2,917 people.
Peny is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 539 people, or 1 in 123,233. In France Peny is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 35 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 27 percent live and Île-de-France, where 17 percent live. Excluding France this surname occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Peny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Peny has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Peny surname declined 52 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 140 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it declined 94 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Peny Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States Peny are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.62% being registered to vote for the party.
Peny earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.42% less than the national average, earning $42,104 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peny Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peny in the Marathi language | ||
| पेन्य | pen'ya | - |
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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 Peny
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