Penz Surname

86,962nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Penz Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Benzo, a pet form of names beginning with Bar (bear) and Band (banner); one who came from Pentz, in Germany.

Penz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria2,4791:3,435337
Germany1,3521:59,5457,678
Brazil7901:270,98010,433
United States3191:1,136,23581,718
Argentina2041:209,52717,283
Canada1131:326,06729,799
France731:909,900105,096
Czechia491:217,01030,705
Hungary361:272,67421,202
Slovakia181:296,46943,115
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
England91:6,190,895170,599
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Qatar61:393,00055,922
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

The alternate forms: Pénz (8) & Peñz (4) are calculated separately.

Penz (16) may also be a first name.

Penz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Benzo, a pet form of names beginning with Bar (bear) and Band (banner); one who came from Pentz, in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Penz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penz (Russian: Пенз) is more frequently found in Austria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Pénz or Peñz. Click here to see other potential spellings of Penz.

How Common Is The Last Name Penz? popularity and diffusion

Penz is the 86,962nd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,316,154 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Penz live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. Penz is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 16 people.

The last name Penz is most frequent in Austria, where it is held by 2,479 people, or 1 in 3,435. In Austria Penz is most frequent in: Tyrol, where 40 percent reside, Upper Austria, where 17 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 12 percent reside. Other than Austria Penz occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 24 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.

Penz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Penz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Penz surname expanded 1,772 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Penz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Penz are 20.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.11% registered with the party.

The amount Penz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 179.9% more than the national average, earning R 665,148 per year; in United States they earn 22.98% more than the national average, earning $53,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $53,746 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pénz928/
Peñz924/
Penze896,901/
Pentz894,365/
Pencz89638/
Pienz89167/
Peenz89145/
Paenz898/
Pennz891/
Penzt890/
Pnz862/
Peenze8065/
Pencze8011/
Peentz8010/
Pentze805/
Pientz803/
Puentz802/
Pentcz801/
Pfentz800/
Poentz800/
Pinz751,220/
Penc75736/
Pens75631/
Penč752/
Pnhz752/
Penx752/
Pemz751/
Pänz751/
P'Nz751/
Pnzd751/
Pnze751/
Pnzp751/
Vpnz751/
Pence6717,154/
Peens672,702/
Pense671,748/
Piens671,287/
Pençe67496/
Pintz67311/
Penci67159/
Penns67146/
Pents67131/
Pinze67124/
Pencs6780/
Pench6770/
Pehns6760/
Penje6756/
Pincz6752/
Poens6745/
Pienc674/
Penzhova672/
Pnndz671/
Pends671/
Penczová671/
Pinsz671/
Paens671/
Penss670/
Pensd670/

Penz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Penz in the Russian language
Пензpenz-

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Penz Reference & Research

Pentz FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
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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 Penz
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