Penzhorn Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Penzhorn Surname Definition:
Contraction of “Benz von Hornstein”, Benz being nickname for Old German Berchtold.
Penzhorn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 238 | 1:227,637 | 23,639 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Penzhorn Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Contraction of “Benz von Hornstein”, Benz being nickname for Old German Berchtold.
Penzhorn Demographics
Average Penzhorn Salary in
United States
$75,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Penzhorn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penzhorn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penzhorn is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penzhorn? popularity and diffusion
Penzhorn is the 857,026th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname Penzhorn is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Penzhorn live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 227,637. In South Africa Penzhorn is most common in: Gauteng, where 36 percent live, Western Cape, where 20 percent live and Limpopo, where 14 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Penzhorn Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Penzhorn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 11.36% more than the national average, earning R 264,636 per year; in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.5% more than the national average, earning $56,388 CAD per year.
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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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