Penyia Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Penyia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Penyia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penyia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penyia is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penyia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Penyia are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Penyia is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent are found, Centre Region, where 37 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Penyia is found in one country. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Penyia
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