Penz Surname
Approximately 5,537 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2,479 | 1:3,435 | 337 |
| Germany | 1,352 | 1:59,545 | 7,678 |
| Brazil | 790 | 1:270,980 | 10,433 |
| United States | 319 | 1:1,136,235 | 81,718 |
| Argentina | 204 | 1:209,527 | 17,283 |
| Canada | 113 | 1:326,067 | 29,799 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Czechia | 49 | 1:217,010 | 30,705 |
| Hungary | 36 | 1:272,674 | 21,202 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 1:296,469 | 43,115 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
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.
Penz Demographics
Penz Political Affiliation
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pénz | 92 | 8 | / |
| Peñz | 92 | 4 | / |
| Penze | 89 | 6,901 | / |
| Pentz | 89 | 4,365 | / |
| Pencz | 89 | 638 | / |
| Pienz | 89 | 167 | / |
| Peenz | 89 | 145 | / |
| Paenz | 89 | 8 | / |
| Pennz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Penzt | 89 | 0 | / |
| Pnz | 86 | 2 | / |
| Peenze | 80 | 65 | / |
| Pencze | 80 | 11 | / |
| Peentz | 80 | 10 | / |
| Pentze | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pientz | 80 | 3 | / |
| Puentz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pentcz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pfentz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Poentz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pinz | 75 | 1,220 | / |
| Penc | 75 | 736 | / |
| Pens | 75 | 631 | / |
| Penč | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pnhz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Penx | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pemz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pänz | 75 | 1 | / |
| P'Nz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnzd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnze | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnzp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vpnz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pence | 67 | 17,154 | / |
| Peens | 67 | 2,702 | / |
| Pense | 67 | 1,748 | / |
| Piens | 67 | 1,287 | / |
| Pençe | 67 | 496 | / |
| Pintz | 67 | 311 | / |
| Penci | 67 | 159 | / |
| Penns | 67 | 146 | / |
| Pents | 67 | 131 | / |
| Pinze | 67 | 124 | / |
| Pencs | 67 | 80 | / |
| Pench | 67 | 70 | / |
| Pehns | 67 | 60 | / |
| Penje | 67 | 56 | / |
| Pincz | 67 | 52 | / |
| Poens | 67 | 45 | / |
| Pienc | 67 | 4 | / |
| Penzhova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pnndz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pends | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penczová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pensd | 67 | 0 | / |
Penz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Penz in the Russian language | ||
| Пенз | penz | - |
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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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