Pereña Surname
Approximately 3,920 people bear this surname
Pereña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 3,203 | 1:31,607 | 4,605 |
| Spain | 533 | 1:87,715 | 7,421 |
| Argentina | 104 | 1:410,994 | 31,358 |
| Andorra | 64 | 1:1,310 | 224 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Perena (350) are calculated separately.
Pereña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pereña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pereña is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Perena. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pereña? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pereña is the 117,457th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,859,068 people. The surname Pereña is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Pereña reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Pereña is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 3,203 people, or 1 in 31,607. In The Philippines Pereña is most numerous in: Calabarzon, where 59 percent live, Bicol, where 16 percent live and National Capital Region, where 15 percent live. Not including The Philippines it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 14 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.
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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 Pereña
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