Penčev Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Penčev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Macedonia | 26 | 1:80,826 | 7,608 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Pencev (18) are calculated separately.
Penčev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penčev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Penčev is more commonly found in North Macedonia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Pencev. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Penčev? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Penčev live; 63 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 63 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Penčev is most commonly used in North Macedonia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 80,826. In North Macedonia it is primarily found in: Vardar, where 96 percent live and Skopje, where 4 percent live. Barring North Macedonia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 33 percent live and Slovakia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pencev | 94 | 18 | / |
| Penčeva | 92 | 2 | / |
| Penzev | 83 | 622 | / |
| Penčevová | 80 | 44 | / |
| Penchev | 77 | 6,494 | / |
| Penziev | 77 | 18 | / |
| Pentsev | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pencheva | 71 | 6,881 | / |
| Pentchev | 71 | 77 | / |
| Pentseva | 71 | 29 | / |
| Penzhiev | 71 | 10 | / |
| Pentcheva | 67 | 60 | / |
| Pendzhiev | 67 | 25 | / |
| Pentschev | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pencef | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pincev | 67 | 6 | / |
| Penziv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pencevova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penciv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinchev | 62 | 64 | / |
| Penczew | 62 | 10 | / |
| Pynchev | 62 | 5 | / |
| Penchef | 62 | 5 | / |
| Pintsev | 62 | 1 | / |
| Penzhiv | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pencheff | 57 | 63 | / |
| Pincheva | 57 | 51 | / |
| Pindzhev | 57 | 25 | / |
| Pinzhiev | 57 | 8 | / |
| Pintseva | 57 | 3 | / |
| Pyncheva | 57 | 2 | / |
| Pentcheff | 53 | 20 | / |
| Pentschew | 53 | 6 | / |
| Pentscheff | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Penčev
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