Penyang Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Penyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Penyang Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1721:768,89158,769
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Penyang (158) may also be a first name.

Penyang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penyang is most common in Indonesia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Penyang? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,276,805th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Penyang reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Penyang is also the 730,165th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 158 people.

This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 768,891. In Indonesia Penyang is most frequent in: Central Kalimantan, where 93 percent live, West Kalimantan, where 6 percent live and South Kalimantan, where 1 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pinyang8634/
Pegnang861/
Peniang861/
Penjang861/
Phenjang801/
Peiniang801/
Pignang711,156/
Pinjang7117/
Penjong7112/
Pinyong7112/
Peniong719/
Phinyong673/
Pinayong671/
Penyonkova593/
Pinhong577/
Pinjong573/
Pineong571/
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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 Penyang
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