Penyai Surname
Approximately 543 people bear this surname
Penyai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 535 | 1:28,857 | 4,438 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Penyai (107) may also be a first name.
Penyai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penyai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Penyai is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Penyai.
How Common Is The Last Name Penyai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Penyai is the 578,557th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,420,895 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Penyai reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Penyai is also the 910,230th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 107 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 535 people, or 1 in 28,857. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 41 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 31 percent reside and Harare Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Penyai
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