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 surname Penyang is found most in Indonesia. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penyang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Penyang is the 1,276,805th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. Penyang is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Penyang reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 730,165th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 158 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 768,891. In Indonesia Penyang is primarily found in: Central Kalimantan, where 93 percent live, West Kalimantan, where 6 percent live and South Kalimantan, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists 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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